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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Mapping patterns of metastatic lymph nodes for postoperative radiotherapy in thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a recommendation for clinical target volume definition

Variable

Value

Age (y), median (range)

56 (44–80)

Sex

 Male

60 (87.0%)

 Female

9 (13.0%)

Surgical type

 McKeown

15 (21.7%)

 Ivor-Lewis

41 (59.4%)

 Sweet

13 (18.9%)

Location

 Upper

11 (15.9%)

 Middle

31 (44.9%)

 Low

27 (39.2%)

Grade

 Well

8 (11.6%)

 Median

32 (46.4%)

 Poor

24 (34.8%)

 Undifferentiated

5 (7.2%)

Stage

 I

12 (17.4%)

 II

19 (27.5%)

 III

30 (43.5%)

 IVa

8 (11.6%)

Adjuvant chemotherapy

 Yes

17 (24.6%)

 No

52 (75.4%)