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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the included 33 patients with advanced HNSCC post RCT

From: Response evaluation of cervical lymph nodes after chemoradiation in patients with head and neck cancer - does additional [18F]FDG-PET-CT help?

 

Number of patients

Sex

male

29

female

4

Age

≤ 50 years

2

51–60 years

10

61–70 years

8

71–80 years

12

≥ 80 years

1

p16

negative

18

positive

7

unknowna

8

Tumor site

oral cavity

5

nasopharynx

1

oropharynx

15

hypopharynx

4

larynx

2

CUPb

6

Initial T-stage

T0

6

T1

8

T2

9

T3

5

T4

6

Initial N-stage

N0c

4

N1

9

N2

16

N3

4

  1. a p16 was also assessed in several non-oropharyngeal HNSCC; b carcinoma of unknown primary; c in 4 patients initially staged cN0, contrast-CT after completion of treatment was suggestive of newly developed cervical LN metastasis