From: Concurrent radiochemotherapy in advanced hypopharyngeal cancer
Characteristics | No. of patients | % |
---|---|---|
Gender | Â | Â |
   Male | 33 | 80.5 |
   Female | 8 | 19.5 |
Age, years | Â | Â |
   Median | 52 | |
   Range | 29-70 | |
Performance status (ECOG) | Â | Â |
   0 | 26 | 63.4 |
   1 | 15 | 36.6 |
Subsite | Â | Â |
   Pyriform sinus | 32 | 78.0 |
   Posterior pharyngeal wall | 5 | 12.2 |
   Postcricoid area | 4 | 9.8 |
T stage | Â | Â |
   T3 | 16 | 39.0 |
   T4 | 25 | 61.0 |
N stage | Â | Â |
   N0 | 17 | 41.5 |
   N1 | 6 | 14.6 |
   N2 | 12 | 29.3 |
   N3 | 6 | 14.6 |
Stage | Â | Â |
   III | 11 | 26.8 |
   IV | 30 | 73.2 |
Histological differentiation | Â | Â |
   Good | 6 | 14.6 |
   Moderate | 17 | 41.5 |
   Poor | 16 | 39.0 |
   Unknown | 2 | 4.9 |
Symptoms at diagnosis | Â | Â |
   A sore throat | 3 | 7.3 |
   Ear pain | 2 | 4.9 |
   Lump in the neck | 8 | 19.5 |
   Painful swallowing | 23 | 56.1 |
   Change in voice | 5 | 12.2 |