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Table 1 Characteristics of superficial HNSCC (n = 17) and lesions (n = 20) in high-risk patients who had prior or present HNSCC and ESCC

From: Natural history of superficial head and neck squamous cell carcinoma under scheduled follow-up endoscopic observation with narrow band imaging: retrospective cohort study

Sex, n (%)

 Men

17 (100)

 Women

0 (0)

Age, median (range), years

69 (52–86)

Synchronous cancer, n (%)

 HNSCC

7 (41)

 ESCC

7 (41)

Prior cancer, n (%)

 HNSCC

7 (41)

 ESCC

8 (47)

Lesion size, median (range), mm

10 (3–20)

Macroscopic type, n (%)

 Type 0-IIa

8 (40)

 Type 0-IIb

10 (50)

 Type 0-IIc

1 (5)

 Type 0-IIa + 0-I

1 (5)

Location, n (%)

 Oropharynx

3 (15)

 Hypopharynx

12 (60)

 Larynx

5 (25)

  1. HNSCC head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, ESCC esophageal squamous cell carcinoma