Patient Characteristics
Characteristic | Value |
Age (y) | |
Median | 66 |
Range | 37–87 |
Sex (n) | |
Male | 26 (53.06) |
Female | 23 (46.94) |
Race (n) | |
White | 45 (91.84) |
Other* | 4 (8.16) |
Karnofsky performance status (n) | |
<80 | 8 (16.33) |
80 | 19 (38.78) |
>80 | 22 (44.90) |
Weight loss (n) | |
<5% | 8 (16.33) |
≥5% | 41 (83.67) |
Smoking history (n) | |
Current smoker | 11 (22.45) |
Quit smoking | 35 (71.43) |
Never smoked | 3 (6.12) |
Histology (n) | |
Adenocarcinoma | 19 (38.78) |
Squamous | 19 (38.78) |
NSCLC, not otherwise specified | 11 (22.45) |
Clinical stage (n) | |
IIIA | 17 (34.69) |
IIIB | 32 (65.31) |
Induction chemotherapy (n) | |
Yes | 10 (20.41) |
No | 39 (79.59) |
Concurrent chemotherapy (n) | |
Yes | 47 (95.92) |
No | 2 (4.08) |
Adjuvant chemotherapy (n) | |
Yes | 17 (34.69) |
No | 32 (65.31) |
Radiation technique (n) | |
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy | 42 (85.71) |
Proton-beam therapy | 7 (14.29) |
Radiation dose (n) | |
Median | 66 |
Range | 63–74 |
↵* Other includes African Americans and Asians.
Data in parentheses are percentages.