Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics of the 821 patients with locally advanced nasopharynx of head and neck cancer
Characteristics | No. of patients (%) |
|---|---|
Age, years | |
 <45 | 477 (58.1) |
 ≥45 | 344 (41.9) |
Sex | |
 Male | 617 (75.2) |
 Female | 204 (24.8) |
Histology, WHO typea | |
 II | 14 (1.7) |
 III | 807 (98.3) |
Smoking | |
 No | 514 (62.6) |
 Yes | 307 (37.4) |
Alcohol | |
 No | 695 (84.7) |
 Yes | 126 (15.3) |
Clinical stageb | |
 III | 350 (42.6) |
 IV | 471 (57.4) |
T stageb | |
 T1 | 48 (5.8) |
 T2 | 71 (8.6) |
 T3 | 388 (47.3) |
 T4 | 314 (38.2) |
N stageb | |
 N0 | 36 (4.4) |
 N1 | 311 (37.9) |
 N2 | 261 (31.8) |
N3 | 213 (25.9) |
NAC regimens | |
 TPF | 501 (61.0) |
 TP | 194 (23.6) |
 GP | 54 (6.6) |
 PF | 61 (7.4) |
 Othersc | 11 (1.3) |
NAC cycles | |
 2 cycles | 393 (47.9) |
 3 cycles | 392 (47.7) |
 4 cycles | 36 (4.4) |