Efficacy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Xerostomia and Quality of Life during Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer: A Prospective Pilot Study
Table 2
Patient characteristics.
Variable
Inpatients ()
Outpatients ()
P
Gender (male : female)
23 : 7
44 : 6
0.22
Age in years (mean ± SD)
49.63 ± 10.17
47.68 ± 7.91
0.34
Height in meters (mean ± SD)
1.67 ± 0.08
1.67 ± 0.06
0.81
Body weight in kg (mean ± SD)
68.00 ± 13.90
68.52 ± 12.53
0.86
BMI in kg/m2 (mean ± SD)
24.34 ± 4.38
24.45 ± 4.22
0.91
TNM stage (AJCC, 2009);
0.91
Stage I
2
5
Stage II
6
8
Stage III
8
12
Stage IV
14
25
Tumor location ()
0.75
NPC
15
22
Oral cavity
7
17
Pharynx
7
10
Others
1
1
Modes of treatment ()
0.35
Surgery + radiotherapy + chemotherapy
6
15
Radiotherapy + chemotherapy
20
32
Surgery + radiotherapy
2
2
Radiotherapy
2
1
Dose of radiotherapy in Gray (mean ± SD)
70.47 ± 3.44
69.20 ± 2.14
0.045
AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer; NPC, nasopharyngeal carcinoma; BMI, body mass index. Age, height, body weight, BMI, and dose are presented as means ± standard deviation. Significant difference between the 2 groups was found only for dose of radiotherapy (inpatients > outpatients, ). .
