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Table 4 Characteristics of patients with available diagnostic and planning CT scans

From: Impact of delays in radiotherapy of head and neck cancer on outcome

Characteristics

No. (%)

Gender

 Female

9 (20%)

 Male

36 (80%)

 Age (years)a)

60.47 (43.5–81.5)

Tumor locationb)

 Oropharynx

35 (61.4%)

 Hypopharynx

3 (5.3%)

 Larynx

19 (33.3%)

Stageb)

 Stage I

5 (8.8%)

 Stage II

2 (3.5%)

 Stage III

14 (24.6%)

 Stage IV

36 (63.2%)

Therapyb)

 Radiotherapy

9 (20%)

 Concurrent chemoradiotherapy

36 (80%)

 Tumor volume relative increase rate (%/day)a)

1.03 (0.99–1.41)

 Tumor volume doubling time (days)a)

19 (2–659)

  1. a) mean ± SD (range)
  2. b) Five patients had two simultaneous primary tumors