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Table 1 The characteristics of patients

From: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in children and adolescents - a single institution experience of 158 patients

Characteristic

Number n (%)

Gender

 

Male

119(75.3)

Female

39(24.7)

Age

 

<16

86(54.4)

≥16

72(45.6)

Symptom/sign

 

Neck mass

115(72.8)

Headache

94(59.5)

Tinnitus

82(51.9)

Blood-tinged drainage

76(48.1)

Hearing loss

70(44.3)

Nasal obstruction

63(39.9)

Cranial nerve palsy

36(22.8)

Other

17(10.8)

Diplopia

14(8.9)

Facial anesthesia

12(7.6)

Histopathology

 

Moderately differentiated SCC

3(1.9)

Poor differentiated SCC

139(88)

Undifferentiated SCC

1(0.6)

Other

15(9.5)

T classification

 

T1/T2/T3/T4

4/34/56/64(2.5/21.5/35.4/40.5)

N classification

 

N0/N1/N2/N3

10/32/83/33(6.3/20.3/52.5/20.9)

Stage

 

II/III/IV

9/60/89(5.7/38.0/56.3)

Irradiation technique

 

2D and CRT

103(65.2)

IMRT

55(34.8)

Treatment

 

Radiotherapy alone

85(53.8)

Combined modality therapy

73(46.2)