Table 1 Patient characteristics (n = 67)
Squamous cell carcinoma | Malignant lymphoma (n = 10) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Well differentiated SCC (n = 24) | Moderately differentiated SCC (n = 21) | Poorly differentiated SCC (n = 12) | Total (n = 57) | ||
Age | |||||
Range | 49–81 | 48–80 | 48–80 | 48–81 | 37–83 |
Average | 65.7 | 63.1 | 63.2 | 64.2 | 60.6 |
Gender | |||||
Male | 20 | 20 | 7 | 47 | 8 |
Female | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
Primary tumor site | |||||
Oral cavity | 9 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 1 |
Oropharynx | 10 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 9 |
Hypopharynx | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
T-stage | |||||
T1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
T2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 19 | – |
T3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 20 | – |
T4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 | – |
N-stage | |||||
N0 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 19 | – |
N1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | – |
N2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 26 | – |
N3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
HPV status | |||||
Positive | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | – |
Negative | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | – |
Unknown | 16 | 13 | 7 | 36 | – |