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. 2019 Aug 28;9:837. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00837

Table 3.

Diagnostic management for head and neck cancers illustrated for larynx and other sites of the head and neck (i.e., hypopharynx, oral cavity and oropharynx), by country.

Diagnostic management
Country Indicator 1. Percentage of patients with a defined stage at diagnosis
Larynx Other sites
N % L % A % M+ % Missing N % L % A % M+ % Missing
Ireland 449 40 35 3 22 874 17 55 4 24
Italy 398 50 30 4 16 530 24 49 8 19
Netherlands 2,102 58 37 1 4 4,083 38 55 2 4
Slovenia 219 54 41 1 4

Indicator 1: Number (N) of cases overall and percentage (%) of patients diagnosed with localized (L), advanced (A), and metastatic (M+) disease together with % of cases with information on stage missing, by country.