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Table 1 Patients characteristics (n = 41).

From: Concurrent radiochemotherapy in advanced hypopharyngeal cancer

Characteristics

No. of patients

%

Gender

  

   Male

33

80.5

   Female

8

19.5

Age, years

  

   Median

52

   Range

29-70

Performance status (ECOG)

  

   0

26

63.4

   1

15

36.6

Subsite

  

   Pyriform sinus

32

78.0

   Posterior pharyngeal wall

5

12.2

   Postcricoid area

4

9.8

T stage

  

   T3

16

39.0

   T4

25

61.0

N stage

  

   N0

17

41.5

   N1

6

14.6

   N2

12

29.3

   N3

6

14.6

Stage

  

   III

11

26.8

   IV

30

73.2

Histological differentiation

  

   Good

6

14.6

   Moderate

17

41.5

   Poor

16

39.0

   Unknown

2

4.9

Symptoms at diagnosis

  

   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

  1. ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.