Table 1 Patient demographics
From: Combined modality chemoradiation in elderly oesophageal cancer patients
Median age (range) | 77 (66–88) |
Median Karnofsky performance status: | 80 (70–90) |
Adenocarcinoma : squamous | 12 : 13 |
Stage | |
T4N1 | 2 (8%) |
T3NX | 5 (20%) |
T3N1 | 10 (40%) |
T3N0 | 4 (16%) |
T2N0 | 4 (16%) |
Comorbidities | |
Diabetes | 5 (20%) |
Pulmonary disease | 6 (24%) |
Coronary artery or peripheral vascular | 9 (36%) |
Disease | |
Median Charlson score | 2 |
Charlson score 2 or more | 18 (72%) |
