Table 1.
Clinicopathological features | NPC (n = 52) | NNE (n = 17) |
---|---|---|
Age (year) mean ± SD | 44.5 ± 13.9 | 40.1 ± 14.9 |
Male/Female No. (%) | 39/13 (75.0/25.0) | 11/6 (64.7/35.3) |
Histological subtypea No. (%) | ||
Keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma | 1 (1.9) | |
Non-keratinizing carcinoma | 51(98.1) | |
TNM classificationb No. c (%) | ||
Tumor size No. (%) | ||
T1 | 10 (23.3) | |
T2 | 13 (30.2) | |
T3 | 14 (32.6) | |
T4 | 6 (13.9) | |
Lymph node metastasis No. (%) | ||
N0 | 12 (27.9) | |
N1 | 12 (27.9) | |
N2 | 7 (16.2) | |
N3 | 12 (27.9) | |
Metastasis No. (%) | ||
M0 | 43 (100) | |
M1 | 0 (0) | |
Cancer stageb No. c (%) | ||
I- II | 13 (30.2) | |
III- IV | 30 (69.8) |
aaccording to the WHO histological classification of tumors of the nasopharynx
baccording to the International Union Against Cancer (UICC)
cmissing of 9 patient data because of no follow-up