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. 2015 Oct 16;4(12):1828–1835. doi: 10.1002/cam4.546

Table 1.

Tumor primary site and percent of tumors presenting with distant metastases

Primary site % (N = 2525) Percentage of disease site cohort with distant metastasesa
Oral cavity 15.0 (378) 1.4
Oropharynx 35.3 (892) 3.2
Nasopharynx 9.7 (246) 7.7
Hypopharynx 13.3 (335) 6.0
Glottic larynx 11.6 (292) 1.5
Supraglottic larynx 15.1 (382) 3.5
Total 100.0 2.8
a

Represents the proportion of patients with tumors of each primary site presenting with distant metastases (N = 412,825 for all sites combined).