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Table 2 Disease characteristics

From: Clinico-epidemiological profile and treatment outcomes in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus following docetaxel-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy: experience from a cancer care center in Northeast India

Characteristics (N = 48)

Frequency (%)

Dysphagia

 Grade 0

0 (0)

 Grade 1

4 (8)

 Grade 2

32 (67)

 Grade 3

12 (25)

 Grade 4

0 (0)

Site

 Upper third

6 (12)

 Middle third

26 (54)

 Lower third

16 (34)

Nodal involvement

 Yes

42 (88)

 No

6 (12)

Tumor size (in cm)

 Mean ± SD, range; median, Q1‑Q3

6.4 ± 1.6, 4‑11; 6, 5‑8

Grade

 Well-differentiated

6 (12)

 Mod-differentiated

34 (70)

 Poor-differentiated

8 (18)

Weight loss

 Yes

44 (92)

 No

4 (8)