Table 1.
Characteristics of subjects with sinonasal cancer by gender; Lombardy region sinonasal cancer registry, 2008–2011.
| Men | Women | P valuea | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | ||
| No. of subjects | 137 | 100 | 73 | 100 | |
| Age (median, min–max) | 67.7 | 31.7–88.5 | 68.4 | 21.1–94.9 | 0.70 |
| Cancer site of origin (ICD-10 code) | |||||
| Nasal cavity (C30.0) | 44 | 32.1 | 27 | 37.0 | 0.01 |
| Maxillary sinus (C31.0) | 28 | 20.4 | 20 | 27.4 | |
| Ethmoid sinus (C31.1) | 32 | 23.4 | 5 | 6.8 | |
| Frontal sinus (C31.2) | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.4 | |
| Sphenoid sinus (C31.3) | 3 | 2.2 | 6 | 8.2 | |
| Multiple sites | 30 | 21.9 | 14 | 19.2 | |
| Cancer morphology | |||||
| Squamous cell carcinoma | 54 | 39.4 | 34 | 46.6 | 0.002 |
| Adenocarcinoma, unspecified | 7 | 5.1 | 3 | 4.1 | |
| Adenocarcinoma, intestinal type | 36 | 26.3 | 8 | 11.0 | |
| Adenocarcinoma, nonintestinal type | 6 | 4.4 | 2 | 2.7 | |
| Adenoid cystic carcinoma | 8 | 5.8 | 12 | 16.4 | |
| Neuroendocrine carcinoma | 10 | 7.3 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Undifferentiated carcinoma | 11 | 8.0 | 7 | 9.6 | |
| Other | 5 | 3.7 | 3 | 4.1 | |
| Unknown | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 5.5 | |
| Interview | |||||
| Patient | 97 | 70.8 | 47 | 64.4 | 0.06 |
| Relative | 37 | 27.0 | 19 | 26.0 | |
| Not performed | 3 | 2.2 | 7 | 9.6 | |
| Cigarette smoking | |||||
| Never | 40 | 29.2 | 34 | 46.6 | 0.002 |
| Former (>6 mo. before symptoms) | 58 | 42.3 | 20 | 27.4 | |
| Current | 36 | 26.3 | 12 | 16.4 | |
| Unknown | 3 | 2.2 | 7 | 9.6 | |
| Year of diagnosis | |||||
| 2008 (complete) | 32 | 23.4 | 23 | 31.5 | 0.10 |
| 2009 (complete) | 50 | 36.5 | 22 | 30.1 | |
| 2010 (in progress) | 37 | 27.0 | 12 | 16.4 | |
| 2011 (in progress) | 18 | 13.1 | 16 | 21.9 | |
ICD-10: International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Edition
aFrom chi-square test, except for age (Mann-Whitney U test).