Table 1 Characteristics of study population.
From: FDG-PET/CT imaging for staging and radiotherapy treatment planning of head and neck carcinoma
Characteristics | N. |
|---|---|
Patients | 22 |
Age (years) | |
Median | 59 |
Range | 43–76 |
Gender | |
Male | 18 |
Female | 4 |
Tumor subsite | |
Oral Cavity | 2 |
Oropharynx | 6 |
Hypopharynx | 6 |
Larynx | 2 |
Nasopharynx | 4 |
Paranasal sinuses | 2 |
Histology | |
Squamous cell | 18 |
Undifferentiated | 3 |
Adenocarcinoma | 1 |
Pathologic AJCC stage | |
I | 4 |
II | 5 |
IIB | 2 |
III | 3 |
IVA | 7 |
IVB | 1 |
Pathologic TNM categories | |
T1, T2, T2b, T3, T4a N0 M0 | 13 |
T2, T4a N1 M0 | 2 |
T2 N2a M0 | 1 |
T2, T3, T4a N2b M0 | 5 |
T4 N3 M0 | 1 |