Table 3.
Recurrence as per primary tumor site and meantime of detection.
| Primary tumor sites | Recurrence | |||||
| Local | Regional | Distant | Total % out of an individual category | |||
| Patients reported recurrence | 24 | 15 | 33 | |||
| Hypopharynx | 4 | 2 | 9 | 65% | ||
| Oropharynx | 10 | 9 | 13 | 52% | ||
| Oral cavity | 4 | 11 | 3 | 51% | ||
| Larynx | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22% | ||
| Comparisons among primary tumor sites | P | <.0001 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| q -Value | Hypopharynx vs oropharynx | 1.575 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Hypopharynx vs oral cavity | 1.552 | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| Hypopharynx vs larynx | 5.572 | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| Oropharynx vs oral cavity | 0.1468 | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| Oropharynx vs larynx | 5.484 | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| Oral cavity vs larynx | 4.449 | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||