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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Perioperative changes in osteopontin and TGFβ1 plasma levels and their prognostic impact for radiotherapy in head and neck cancer

 

Group A: surgery

Group B1: primary RT

Group B2: postoperative RT

Controls

p-value

Number

41

42

89

16

 

Time frame

08/11–09/13

07/07–06/09

09/07

 

Follow-Up (median, months)

24.6

17.3

49.3a

 

<0.01

Gender m/f

34/7

37/5

70/19

8/8

n.s.

Age (mean)

62,3

61,0

59,9

41,6a

n.s.

T-stage

 1

9

0

27

 

< 0.01

 2

15

1

28

 3

12

6

16

 4

4

34

17

N-stage

 0

15

7

39

 

< 0,01

 1

6

0

13

 2

20

29

35

 3

0

4

2

UICC-stage

 I/II

5

1

31

 

< 0,01

 III

14

1

12

 IV

22

40

46

Tumor site

 Oropharynx

17

18

28

 

0,004

 Larynx

10

11

18

 Hypopharynx

7

7

4

 Oral cavity

6

3

31

 CUP

1

3

8

  1. Abbreviations: UICC International union against cancer, CUP Cancer of unknown primary tumor. P-values according to student’s t-test and Fisher’s exact test
  2. aAge was significantly lower in controls compared to patient groups