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. 2015 Dec 14;10(12):e0144887. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144887

Table 1. Patient characteristics.

No. of cases %
Age (years)
  <40 16,913 20.9
  40–49 22,207 27.5
  50–59 17,803 22.0
  ≥60 23,843 29.5
Stage
  Localized 33,609 41.6
  Regional 17,757 22.0
  Distant 2,786 3.5
  Unspecified 26,614 33.0
Year of Diagnosis
  1993–1997 21,688 26.9
  1998–2002 21,759 26.9
  2003–2007 19,222 23.8
  2008–2012 18,097 22.4
Primary treatment
  Surgery 33,012 40.9
  Chemotherapy 6,933 8.6
  Radiation 6,395 7.9
  Chemoradiation 7,216 8.9
  Surgery + adjuvant chemoradiation 4,647 5.8
  Others 22,563 27.9
Histology
  Squamous cell carcinoma 64,531 79.9
  Adenocarcinoma 7,265 9.0
  Adenosquamous carcinoma 1,853 2.3
  Unspecified 7,117 8.8