Primary small cell oesophageal carcinoma: A retrospective study of different ‎treatment modalities

Table 1 Demographics of the patients and the tumours

Characteristic	All patients (28)	Palliative chemotherapy (15)	Concurrent chemoradiotherapy (5)	Sequential chemoradiotherapy (8)
Age (yr)
Median	72	72	79	70
Range	52-86	53-86	58-83	52-78
Performance status of 0 or 1 (%)	82	67	100	100
Sex
Male (%)	57	53	100	38
Female (%)	43	47	None	62
Tumour Stage
Limited (%)	60	27	100	100
Extensive (%)	40	73	None	None
Location of the tumour
Mid-oesophagus (%)	18	27	None	13
Low-oesophagus (%)	82	73	100	87