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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: The application of 3D-printed oral stents in intensity-modulated radiotherapy for oropharyngeal cancer and their dosimetric effect on organs at risk

 

Stent

Bottle

Control

χ2

P value

Sex

 Male

11

11

9

0.534

0.766

 Female

9

9

11

Age

 ≤ 60

17

16

17

25.417

< 0.001

 > 60

3

4

3

Tumor site

 Tonsil

8

8

6

1.397

0.845

 Soft palate

5

7

6

 Tongue root

7

5

8

TNM stage

 TIN0M0

3

4

4

2.811

1.000

 T2aN0M0

6

4

5

 T1N1M0

3

4

3

 T2aN1M0

4

4

4

 T2bN1M0

1

1

1

 T2bN2M0

2

1

1

 T3N0M0

1

2

2

  1. Fisher’s exact probability; χ2, represents the statistic of the result of the χ2 test; P value, is a measure of the statistical significance of the χ2 statistic