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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

From: Improvement of a delayed swallowing reflex following treatment for advanced head and neck cancer

Number of patients

53

Age (y) (median)

18–82 (65)

Sex (male/female)

37 / 16

Primary site

 Oral

28

 Pharynx

25

 Oropharynx

17

 Hypopharynx

8

Clinical stage

 III

9

 IV

44

Treatment

 Surgery

23

 Chemoradiation

22

 Surgery + Chemoradiation

6

 Radiation

2