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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2019 May 22;30(7):721–732. doi: 10.1007/s10552-019-01185-z

Table 2.

Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Head and Neck Patterns of Care Treatment by Site and AJCC Stage, 2009 (unweighted n, weighted %)

Site and Treatment Stage I Stage II Stage III Stage IVA-IVB Stage IVC Unknown Total

Oral Cavity
 No. of Patients 99 37 44 91 9 35 315
 Surgery with Adjuvant Radiation or Chemoradiation 9% 56% 47% 58% 25% 6% 34%
 Surgery Only 87% 41% 31% 15% 8% 57% 48%
 Radiation Only 1% 3% 1% 3% 0% 1% 2%
 Radiation and Chemotherapy Only 1% 0% 18% 8% 45% 24% 9%
 All Other Treatment 0% 0% 1% 8% 0% 1% 3%
 No Treatment Received/Unknown <1% 0% 2% 9% 22% 10% 5%

Oropharynx
 No. of Patients 11 16 57 203 19 38 344
 Surgery with Adjuvant Radiation or Chemoradiation 17% 42% 40% 18% 5% 3% 23%
 Surgery Only 53% 6% 3% 2% 2% 9% 5%
 Radiation Only 28% 18% 7% 10% 7% 5% 10%
 Radiation and Chemotherapy Only 2% 34% 49% 60% 37% 60% 54%
 All Other Treatment 0% 0% 0% 4% 47% 13% 5%
 No Treatment Received/Unknown 0% 0% 1% 5% 2% 10% 4%

Larynx
 No. of Patients 85 35 46 78 13 20 277
 Surgery with Adjuvant Radiation or Chemoradiation 14% 9% 16% 18% 12% 36% 17%
 Surgery Only 25% 28% 3% 9% 2% 1% 15%
 Radiation Only 51% 29% 11% 8% 10% 36% 30%
 Radiation and Chemotherapy Only 6% 11% 69% 47% 50% 5% 28%
 All Other Treatment <1% 0% 0% 8% 14% 15% 3%
 No Treatment Received/Unknown 3% 23% 1% 10% 12% 7% 7%

All Other Sites
 No. of Patients 10 23 42 72 19 26 192
 Surgery with Adjuvant Radiation or Chemoradiation 24% 18% 13% 14% 0% 1% 12%
 Surgery Only 28% 9% 0% 15% 3% 1% 8%
 Radiation Only 6% 8% 3% 5% 5% 44% 12%
 Radiation and Chemotherapy Only 40% 53% 73% 45% 38% 30% 50%
 All Other Treatment 0% 3% 1% 10% 18% 2% 6%
 No Treatment Received/Unknown 3% 8% 11% 10% 36% 22% 13%