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. 2016 Jul 30;11:101. doi: 10.1186/s13014-016-0679-6

Table 1.

Distribution of sex, age, concomitant chemotherapy and bone surgery with regard to tumour site

Tumour site Number of patients (proportion of the cohort) Proportion of females Average age in years (standard deviation, range) Chemotherapy (proportion of tumour localization) Bone surgery (proportion of tumour localization)
Nasopharynx 43 (5.5 %) 37.2 % 55.9 (±16.4, 22–90) 31 (72 %) 0
Tonsil 157 (20.2 %) 24.2 % 57.6 (±10.5, 24–84) 76 (48 %) 9 (6 %)
Uvula 6 (0.8 %) 16.7 % 67.6 (±8.1, 63–76) 1 (17 %) 0
Tongue base 63 (8.1 %) 22.2 % 58.4 (±10.5, 39–82) 34 (54 %) 4 (6 %)
Oral cavity 259 (33.4 %) 21.6 % 58.9 (±12.1, 21–89) 107 (41 %) 73 (28 %)
Parotid gland 34 (4.4 %) 40 % 62.4 (±13.6, 27–84) 6 (18 %) 3 (9 %)
Hypopharynx/larynx 214 (27.6 %) 11.3 % 59.2 (±9.7, 37–86) 110 (51 %) 1 (0.5 %)