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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the 40 patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)

From: Dosimetric benefit to organs at risk following margin reductions in nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy

Characteristic

No. of patients (%)

Age (years)

 

 Median

46

 Range

21–63

Sex

 

 Male

32 (80.0)

 Female

8 (20.0)

Histology

 

 WHO I

0 (0)

 WHO II/III

40 (100.0)

T categorya

 

 T1

7 (17.5)

 T2

9 (22.5)

 T3

15 (37.5)

 T4

9 (22.5)

N categorya

 

 N0

10 (25.0)

 N1

23 (57.5)

 N2

6 (15.0)

 N3

1 (2.5)

Clinical stagea

 

 I

5 (12.5)

 II

10 (25.0)

 III

15 (37.5)

 IV

10 (25.0)

Chemotherapy

 

 No

8 (20.0)

 Yes

32 (80.0)

  1. aAccording to the 7th American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system. WHO, World Health Organization.
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