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Table 1 Patient demographic data and clinical characteristics of responding group and nonresponding group

From: Comparison of the pre-treatment functional MRI metrics’ efficacy in predicting Locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma response to induction chemotherapy

 

RG(n = 36)

NRG(n = 20)

t/χ2

p

Age

43.75 ± 13.14

48.75 ± 11.92

1.41

0.165

Gender

  

0.003

0.959

 Male

29 (80.6%)

17 (85.0%)

  

 Female

7 (19.4%)

3 (15.0%)

  

AJCC T stage

  

2.716

0.444

 T1

2 (5.6%)

0 (0%)

  

 T2

18 (50.0%)

7 (35.0%)

  

 T3

10 (27.8%)

7 (35.0%)

  

 T4

6 (16.7%)

6 (30.0%)

  

A CC N stage

  

2.869

0.406

 N0

1 (2.8%)

1 (5.0%)

  

 N1

5 (13.9%)

6 (30.0%)

  

 N2

16 (44.4%)

6 (30.0%)

  

 N3

14 (38.9%)

7 (35.0%)

  

Pathological classification

  

3.283

0.224

 non-cornification undifferentiated

19 (52.8%)

7 (35.0%)

  

 low differentiated

15 (41.7%)

9 (45.0%)

  

 moderately differentiated

2 (5.6%)

4 (20.0%)

  

IC regimes

  

1.344

0.246

 Docetaxel + Cisplatin

27 (75%)

12 (60%)

  

 Paclitaxel-albumin + Cisplatin

9 (25%)

8 (40%)

  
  1. Note: data represents the number of patients and data in parentheses are percentages. Abbreviations: IC = induction chemotherapy. Abbreviations: RG: responding group; NRG: nonresponding group; IC: induction chemotherapy