Characteristics | All patients | |
---|---|---|
Number | Percentage | |
Age at diagnosis, median (range) [years] | 69.2 (49-87) | |
Sex | ||
male | 24 | 88.9 |
female | 3 | 11.1 |
Karnofsky performance status | ||
100-90 | 3 | 11.1 |
80-70 | 17 | 63.0 |
60-50 | 6 | 22.2 |
40-30 | 1 | 3,7 |
BMI, median (range) [kg/m2] | 22.7 (17.8-35.9) | |
Comorbidities, median (range) | 4 (1-15) | |
Cardiac and Vascular-diseaseb | 15 | 55.6 |
Lung-diseasec | 8 | 29.6 |
Liver-disease | 4 | 14.8 |
Diabetes | 2 | 7.4 |
Alcohol abuse | 15 | 55.6 |
Dementia | 5 | 18.5 |
Cachexiad | 8 | 29.6 |
Charlson comorbidity Index | ||
2-4 | 13 | 48.1 |
5-8 | 10 | 37.0 |
9-12 | 4 | 14.8 |
Laboratory findings | ||
decreased Cholin Esterasea | 11 | |
increased CRP (>1.0 g/dl) | 12 | 44.4 |
UICC Stage | ||
IVa | 14 | 51.8 |
IVb | 4 | 14.8 |
IVc | 9 | 33.3 |
Histology | ||
Squamous cell carcinoma | 25 | 92.6 |
Adenocarcinoma | 1 | 3.7 |
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma | 1 | 3.7 |
Reason for non-radical treatmentb | ||
Tumor size not suitable for radical treatment | 5 | 18.5 |
Metastatic disease | 9 | 33.3 |
Age and/or severe comorbidity | 21 | 77.8 |
Re-Radiotherapy | 1 | 3.7 |