Table 2.
Comparison between the definitive and adjuvant (chemo)radiotherapy group in terms of pain killer usage, nutritional supplement intake and feeding tube dependence (within the last week) among surviving elderly HNSCC patients. p-values are obtained from Fisher’s exact tests.
| Definitive (chemo)radiotherapy |
Adjuvant (chemo)radiotherapy |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No pain killer usage | 19 | 21 | |
| Pain killer usage | 4 | 6 | 0.736 |
| No nutritional supplement intake | 19 | 21 | |
| Nutritional supplement intake | 4 | 6 | 0.736 |
| No feeding tube dependence | 23 | 23 | |
| Feeding tube dependence | 0 | 4 | 0.115 |