Table 1 Patient and tumour characteristics of 569 patients who had undergone CT neck/thorax/abdomen and at least one other investigation, that is, US abdomen, US neck, and/or chest X-ray, the subgroup of 264 patients who had undergone all these investigations and the subgroup of 305 patients who had undergone CT neck/thorax/abdomen plus at least one other diagnostic investigation for oesophageal or gastric cardia cancer staging
Variable | n =569 (all patients) | n =264 (CT+US neck+US abdomen+chest X-ray) | n =305 (CT+⩾1 other investigation |
|---|---|---|---|
Mean age±standard deviation (years) | 61.9±10.2 | 61.2±10.4 | 62.5±10.0 |
Sex (%) | |||
Male | 436 (77) | 207 (78) | 229 (75) |
Female | 133 (23) | 57 (22) | 76 (25) |
Histology of tumour at biopsy (%) | |||
Squamous cell carcinoma | 227 (40) | 116 (44) | 111 (37) |
Adenocarcinoma | 304 (53) | 132 (50) | 172 (56) |
Other | 38 (7) | 16 (6) | 22 (7) |
Location of tumour (%) | |||
Cervical | 5 (1) | 4 (2) | 1 (1) |
Upper 1/3 thoracic | 30 (5) | 11 (4) | 19 (6) |
Central 1/3 thoracic | 101 (18) | 53 (20) | 48 (16) |
Lower 1/3 thoracic | 219 (38) | 96 (36) | 123 (40) |
Gastroesophageal junction | 214 (38) | 100 (38) | 114 (37) |
Distant metastases according to gold standard (%) | |||
M0 | 473 (83) | 214 (81) | 259 (85) |
M1 | 96 (17) | 50 (19) | 46 (15) |
