Table 4.
Demographic characteristics of patients with squamous cell carcinoma according to the treatment modality.
| Radiotherapy alone | Surgery | Radiotherapy and chemotherapy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Female | 117 (10.43%) | 127 (11.56%) | 41 (12.73%) |
| Male | 1.005 (89.57%) | 972 (88.44%) | 281 (87.27%) | |
| Age | 64.63 (10.67) | 61.99 (10.12) | 62.05 (10.35) | |
| Paying source | SUS | 452 (40.29%) | 460 (41.86%) | 158 (49.07%) |
| Health insurance | 66 (5.88%) | 51 (4.64%) | 5 (1.55%) | |
| Private | 15 (1.34%) | 18 (1.64%) | 2 (0.62%) | |
| Not informed | 589 (52.50%) | 570 (51.87%) | 157 (48.76%) | |
| Topography | C32.0 | 656 (58.47%) | 580 (52.78%) | 90 (27.95 %) |
| C32.1 | 104 (9.27%) | 114 (10.37%) | 73 (22.67%) | |
| C32.2 | 4 (0.36%) | 8 (0.73%) | 3 (0.93%) | |
| C32.8 | 17 (1.52%) | 10 (0.91%) | 9 (2.80%) | |
| C32.9 | 341 (30.39%) | 387 (35.21%) | 147 (45.65%) | |
| cT stage | cT1 | 408 (36.36%) | 445 (40.49%) | 70 (21.74%) |
| cT1a | 191 (17.02%) | 204 (18.56%) | 13 (4.04%) | |
| cT1b | 108 (9.63 %) | 60 (5.46 %) | 14 (4.35 %) | |
| cT2 | 415 (36.99%) | 390 (35.49%) | 225 (69.88%) | |
SUS, Brazilian Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde).