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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Prognostic impact of the number of metastatic lymph nodes after surgery in locally advanced hypopharyngeal cancer

Characteristics

 

Patients (n = 99)

Sex, n (%)

Male

87 (12.1)

 

Female

12 (87.9)

Age, n (%)

≥ 65 years

69 (69.7)

 

< 65 years

30 (30.3)

ECOG PS, n (%)

0

22 (22.2)

 

1

77 (77.8)

Primary subsite, n (%)

Pyriform sinus

63 (63.6)

 

Posterior wall

17 (17.2)

 

Postcricoid region

19 (19.2)

pT stage, n (%)

T1–2

12 (12.1)

 

T3–4

87 (87.9)

pN stage, n (%)

N0–2a

27 (27.3)

 

N2b–2c

19 (19.2)

 

N3b

53 (53.5)

Smoking history (pack-years), n (%)

 10

77 (77.8)

 

< 10

22 (22.2)

Habitual alcohol consumption, n (%)

No

16 (16.2)

 

Yes

83 (83.8)

positive margin, n (%)

No

88 (88.9)

 

Yes

11 (11.1)

ENE, n (%)

No

46 (46.5)

 

Yes

53 (53.5)

Adjuvant therapy, n (%)

None

45 (45.5)

 

RT alone

31 (31.3)

 

Cisplatin + RT

13 (13.1)

 

Carboplatin + RT

5 (5.1)

 

FP + RT

2 (2.0)

 

S-1

3 (3.0)

  1. ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, PS: performance status, ENE: extranodal-extension, RT: radiotherapy, FP: 5-fuluorouracil + cisplatin