Table 1 Patient characteristics
Male/female | 34/7 |
Mean age (range) (years) | 58 (37–74) |
Pathology | |
Squamous cell | 5 |
Adenocarcinoma | 27 |
Grade | |
Well differentiated | 1 |
Moderately differentiated | 16 |
Poorly differentiated | 13 |
Not evaluable | 2 |
Primary site | |
Middle | 4 |
Lower | 16 |
O–G junction | 12 |
Clinical stage | |
II | 27 |
III | 5 |
Radiotherapy dose | |
44 Gy in 22 fractions | 11 |
40.05 Gy in 15 fractions | 21 |
Fractions of RT completed before second PET | |
Mean | 7 |
Range | 5–10 |
