Table 2.

Clinical features of head and neck basaloid squamous cell carcinoma according to subtype

Characteristic	Basal (n = 9)	Ductal (n = 5)	Mixed (n = 12)
Age, mean (yr)	59.8	58.2	63.7
Male:Female	7:2	3:2	11:1
Location
Larynx (n = 5)	0	2	3
Hypopharynx (n = 10)	3	1	6
Oropharynx (n = 5)	3	1	1
Nasopharynx (n = 1)	1	-	-
Sinonasal (n = 2)	1	1	-
Oral cavity (n = 1)	-	-	1
Salivary gland (n = 1)	1	-	-
External auditory canal (n = 1)	-	-	1
Outcome
DOD (n = 19)	6	4	9
AWD (n = 3)	2	0	1
AUS (n = 4)	1	1	2
Average survival period (mo)	65.8	59.2	52.5

DOD, died of disease; AWD, alive with disease; AUS, alive with unknown status.