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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the 46 patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)

From: Forty-six cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with 50 Gy radiotherapy plus hematoporphyrin derivative: 20 years of follow-up and outcomes from the Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center

Characteristic

No. of patients

Percentage (%)

Age (years)

 ≤45

26

56.5

 >45

20

43.5

Gender

 Male

31

67.4

 Female

15

32.6

Clinical stagea

 I

3

6.5

 II

13

28.3

 III

23

50.0

 IV

7

15.2

T stagea

 T1

8

15.2

 T2

9

26.1

 T3

22

43.5

 T4

7

15.2

N stagea

 N0

12

26.1

 N1

27

50.0

 N2

6

21.7

 N3

1

2.2

Histology

 Poorly differentiated

43

93.5

 Well differentiated

3

6.5

  1. T tumor; N node
  2. a According to the 7th American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system for NPC