Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics of head and neck cancer patients treated with radiation therapy at Gold Coast University Hospital between 1st April 2014 and the 31st of March 2016
Patient characteristics | No. of patients [N, (%)] |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Male | 177 (85) |
Female | 32 (15) |
Age (years) | |
< 50 | 26 (12.5) |
50–65 | 86 (41) |
> 65 | 97 (46.5) |
Prior weight loss | |
0% | 133 (64) |
< 5% | 51 (24) |
5- < 10% | 19 (9) |
> 10% | 6 (3) |
Site | |
Oral cavity | 22 (10.5) |
Oropharynx | 56 (27) |
Nasopharynx | 8 (4) |
Hypopharynx | 7 (3) |
Larynx | 21 (10) |
Salivary | 19 (9) |
Skin primary | 67 (32) |
Unknown primary | 6 (3) |
Other | 3 (1.5) |
T Stage | |
T0 | 24 (11.5) |
T1 | 35 (17) |
T2 | 51 (24.5) |
T3 | 37 (17.5) |
T4 | 48 (23) |
Tx | 12 (5.5) |
Other | 2 (1) |
N Stage | |
0 | 54 (25.5) |
1 | 35 (17) |
2 | 112 (53.5) |
3 | 5 (2.5) |
Unknown | 3 (1.5) |
M Stage | |
0 | 206 (97.5) |
1 | 3 (1.5) |
Treatment | |
Radiation therapy | 50 (24) |
Radiation therapy + chemotherapy | 96 (46) |
Surgery + radiation therapy | 54 (26) |
Surgery + radiation therapy and chemotherapy | 10 (4) |