Table 1.
Clinical, Epidemiological and Histologic Characteristics of 35 Head and Neck Cancer Patients
| Characteristics | No. (%) | ||
| Total no. of patients | 35 (100) | ||
| Age, yr | |||
| Mean 62.3 | |||
| Range 50–74 | |||
| Sex | Male | 31 (88.6) | |
| Female | 4 (11.4) | ||
| Tumor stage | |||
| I | 9 (25.7) | ||
| II | 11 (31.4) | ||
| III | 9 (25.7) | ||
| IV | 6 (17.2) | ||
| Tumor site | |||
| Larynx | 12 (34.3) | ||
| Oral cavity | 13 (37.1) | ||
| Oropharynx | 10 (28.6) | ||
| Tumor degree of differentiation | |||
| Well differentiated | 12 (34.3) | ||
| Moderately differentiated | 16 (45.7) | ||
| Poorly differentieted | 7 (20.0) | ||
| Lymph node metastasis | |||
| Yes | 16 (45.7) | ||
| No | 19 (54.3) | ||