Table 1: Patient characteristics.
characteristic |
|
number |
total |
sex |
male female |
|
93 15 (16%) |
age |
30-40 40-49 50-59 60-69 >70 median (range) |
57 (35-75) |
4 12 50 36 6
|
WHO performance status |
0 1 |
|
106 2 |
ACE-27 comorbidity index |
0 1 2 3 |
|
69 35 4 0 |
primary site |
oral cavity * oropharynx soft palate tonsil † tongue base ant surface epiglottis oropharynx unspecified hypopharynx pyriform fossa postcricoid hypopharynx unspecified larynx supraglottis glottis unknown primary |
2 30 39 1 6
4 2 2
2 12 |
4 (3.7%) 78 (72.2%)
8 (7.4%)
14 (13.0%)
4 (3.7%) |
histology |
squamous basaloid squamous adenosquamous undifferentiated |
|
98 8 1 1 |
grade |
well differentiated moderately differentiated poorly differentiated undifferentiated not graded |
|
2 43 60 1 2 |
tumour stage |
T0-3 T4 |
|
17 91 (84%) |
nodal involvement |
N0 N1 N2 N3 |
|
21 11 63 (58%) 13 |
P16 |
positive negative unknown |
|
33 12 63 |
* includes one patient with recurrent floor of mouth cancer.
† includes two patients with a previously treated tonsillar cancer in the same area 10 and 12 years previously.