Characteristics of the patient population and their tumors
| No. of patients | |
|---|---|
| Mean age at resection (median) | |
| Total population: 58.7 (60) yr | |
| Alive/died of other causes: 60.3 (60.5) yr | |
| Died of index cancer: 57 (59) yr | |
| Sex | |
| Male | 103 |
| Female | 1 |
| Site | |
| Oral cavity | 5 |
| Oropharynx | 24 |
| Supraglottic larynx | 23 |
| Glottic larynx | 15 |
| Hypopharynx | 37 |
| pT stage | |
| T1 | 3 |
| T2 | 25 |
| T3 | 33 |
| T4 | 43 |
| pN stage | |
| N0 | 35 |
| N1 | 21 |
| N2 | 32 |
| N3 | 16 |
| Disease stage | |
| I | 2 |
| II | 11 |
| III | 30 |
| IV | 61 |
| Histopathological grade | |
| Well-differentiated | 51 |
| Moderately differentiated | 43 |
| Poorly differentiated | 10 |
| Outcome | |
| Alive at last follow-up | 35 |
| Died of index cancer | 52 |
| Died of other causes | 17 |
| Mean length of follow-up (median) | |
| Total population: 24.4 (18) mo | |
| Alive at last follow-up: 41.4 (40) mo | |
| Died of other causes: 17.3 (14) mo | |
| Died of index cancer: 15.3 (14) mo |