Table 1.
Patient demographic data
| Mean age in years (range) |
55 (35–67) |
| Gender |
Total 145 |
| Male |
117 |
| Female |
28 |
| Associated comorbidity |
|
| Diabetes |
43 |
| Hypertension |
84 |
| Cardiac |
25 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
64 |
| Chronic liver disease |
35 |
| Tumor pathology |
|
| Squamous cell carcinoma |
132 |
| Undifferentiated carcinoma |
13 |
| Primary tumor site |
|
| Larynx |
12 |
| Hypopharynx |
133 |
| T stage |
|
| T3 |
94 |
| T4a |
51 |
| N stage |
|
| N0 |
22 |
| N1 |
35 |
| N2 |
85 |
| Neoadjuvant therapy | 80 |
Values are shown as number, unless otherwise indicated.