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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Apr 19.
Published in final edited form as: Head Neck. 2025 Apr 19;47(9):2486–2498. doi: 10.1002/hed.28167

Table 3:

Characteristics of Treatment Groups

Characteristic Surgery + CRT (n = 12,493) CRT (n = 19,874) Surgery + Radiation (n = 1,029) Surgery Alone (n = 900) Radiation Alone (n = 1,305)
Male 82.8% (95% CI 80.1%−85.3%) 80.5% (95% CI 77.4%−83.5%) 68.5% (95% CI 48.2%−85.7%) 84.7% (95% CI 77.4%−90.7%) 62.0% (95% CI 42.9%−79.4%)
Female 17.2% (95% CI 14.7%−20.0%) 19.5% (95% CI 16.5%−22.6%) 31.5% (95% CI 14.3%−51.8%) 15.3% (95% CI 9.3%−22.6%) 38.0% (95% CI 20.6%−57.1%)
Age (years) 58.0 (95% CI 55.7–60.3) 60.0 (95% CI 58.3–61.6) 58.3 (95% CI 55.0–61.5) 61.0 (95% CI 51.5–70.6) 62.6 (95% CI 56.8–68.4)
T1-T2 67.5% (95% CI 57.8%−76.5%) 41.6% (95% CI 35.8%−47.5%) 51.6% (95% CI 38.5%−64.7%) 61.4% (95% CI 43.1%−78.2%) 43.5% (95% CI 17.4%−71.7%)
T3-T4 31.6% (95% CI 22.8%−41.0%) 56.1% (95% CI 50.3%−61.9%) 56.3% (95% CI 33.5%−77.8%) 38.6% (95% CI21.8%−56.9%) 62.5% (95% CI 24.7%−93.0%)
N0-N1 37.8% (95% CI 30.7%−45.1%) 30.8% (95% CI 25.0%−37.0%) 42.7% (95% CI 25.2%−61.3%) 58.5% (95% CI 31.7%−82.8%) 57.6% (95% CI 51.0%−64.0%)
N2-N3 60.0% (95% CI 49.9%−69.6%) 68.6% (95% CI 63.7%−73.3%) 56.1% (95% CI 37.2%−74.1%) 28.9% (95% CI 0.0%−82.6%) 36.6% (95% CI 24.7%−49.5%)
Stage I/II 10.5% (95% CI 5.1%−17.5%) 4.7% (95% CI 2.1%−8.3%) 13.0% (95% CI 0.6%−37.6%) 24.6% (95% CI 1.0%−82.6%) 21.3% (95% CI3.0%−50.0%)
Stage III/IV 90.5% (95% CI 81.6%−96.7%) 96.6% (95% CI 93.3%−98.8%) 87.0% (95% CI 62.4%−99.4%) 81.8% (95% CI 37.8%−99.9%) 78.7% (95% CI 50.0%−97.0%)
HPV + 41.8% (95% CI 15.9%−70.4%) 35.3% (95% CI 13.4%−60.8%) - - -
HPV - 31.8% (95% CI 16.5%−49.5%) 35.4% (95% CI 19.0%−53.7%) - - -
Current/History of Alcohol Use 56.5% (95% CI 33.2%−78.4%) 73.4% (95% CI 67.6%−78.9%) - - -
No Alcohol Use 42.9% (95% CI 21.3%−66.0%) 25.7% (95% CI 22.5%−29.1%) - - -
Current/History of Tobacco Use 71.8% (95% CI 59.6%−82.7%) 74.2% (95% CI 61.5%−85.2%) - 81.8% (95% CI 73.5%−88.3%) -
No Tobacco Use 27.0% (95% CI 17.1%−38.2%) 17.5% (95% CI16.2%−40.6%) - 18.2% (95% CI 11.7%−26.5%) -

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