Characteristic Value
Age 51 - 85 (median, 63)
Gender M 63, F 4
Stage Ι4, Ⅱ11, Ⅲ17, ⅣA 25, ⅣB 8, ⅣC 2
T stage T1 9, T2 33, T3 16, T4a 8, T4b 1
N stage N0 21, N1 11, N2a 2, N2b 17, N2c 6, N3 10
Concurrent chemotherapy total, 61 patients
TPF regimen 27
CDDP-based regimen 41
DOC-based regimen 46
S-1 1
None 6
Simultaneous thoracic EBRT for concurrent ESCC Yes 14, No 53
CBVRR (%) 1.2 - 23.7 (median, 6.5)
GTVRR (%) -23.6 to 88.1 (median, 55.3)
BWLR (%) -4.9 to 15.2 (median, 4.2)
Table 2: The patient characteristics of the hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma group (total, 67 patients). Abbreviations: S-1=tegafur, gimeracil and oteracil, the other abbreviations are the same as in Table 1.