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Table 4.

Correlations between clinical symptoms at the time of diagnosis and the tumor growth pattern.

	Type of growth pattern

Symptoms

	Exophytic n=36	Endophytic n=24	p value

Palpable tumor in the neck	23 (68%)	17 (71%)	NSD
Hoarseness	33 (92%)	24 (100%)
(duration in months)	(0-48)	(8-24)	NSD
Otalgia	23 (65%)	15 (62%)
(duration in months)	(3-14)	(4-12)	NSD
Obstruction and pain when Swallowing	15 (41%)	19 (59%)	NSD
Average time to diagnosis	(0-40)	(0-48)
Range in months	7	13	NSD