BioMed Research International / 2013 / Article / Tab 1 / Clinical Study
Involved-Field Radiotherapy versus Elective Nodal Irradiation in Combination with Concurrent Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Prospective Randomized Study Table 1 Patient characteristics.
Characteristic
IFRT arm
ENI arm
P
%
% Gender 0.343 Male 37 82.2 48 88.9 Female 8 17.8 6 11.1 Age, y 0.385 Median 56 55.5 Range 27
71 38
71 KPS 0.744 80–90 8 17.8 11 20.4 90–100 37 82.2 43 79.6 Weight loss 0.771
5% 34 75.6 44 81.5 5%–10% 10 22.2 9 16.7
10% 1 2.2 1 1.9 TNM stage 0.420 IIIA 15 33.3 14 25.9 IIIB 30 66.7 40 74.1 Tumor position 0.363 Central 33 73.3 35 64.8 Peripheral 12 26.7 19 35.2 PET/CT examination 13 28.9 10 18.5 0.224 Histology 0.668 Adenocarcinoma 23 51.1 27 50.0 Squamous cell carcinoma 19 42.2 23 42.6 Adenosquamous carcinoma 1 2.2 0 0.0 Undifferentiated carcinoma 2 4.4 4 7.4