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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 27.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2022 Sep 12;387(17):1557–1568. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2209813

Table 1.

Characteristics of the 79 Patients at Baseline.*

Characteristic Value
Median age (range) — yr 73 (24–93)
Male sex — no. (%) 67 (85)
Race — no. (%)
 White 69 (87)
 Other 2 (3)
 Not reported 8 (10)
Not Hispanic or Latinx — no. (%) 74 (94)
Primary tumor site — no. (%)
 Head and neck 72 (91)
 Trunk, arms, and legs 7 (9)
Stage group — no. (%)
 II 5 (6)
 III 38 (48)
 IV (M0) 36 (46)
Tumor stage at screening — no. (%)
 TX 23 (29)
 Tis 1 (1)
 T1 4 (5)
 T2 10 (13)
 T3 39 (49)
 T4a 2 (3)
Node stage at screening — no. (%)
 NX 1 (1)
 N0 31 (39)
 N1 13 (16)
 N2§ 11 (14)
 N2b 9 (11)
 N2c 1 (1)
 N3 1 (1)
 N3a 1 (1)
 N3b 11 (14)
ECOG performance-status score — no. (%)
 0 60 (76)
 1 19 (24)
*

Percentages may not total 100 because of rounding.

Race and ethnic group were reported by the patient.

Tumor–node–metastasis (TNM) staging of cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma with involvement of the head and neck was based on the eighth edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging Manual, and TNM staging of cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma without involvement of the head and neck was based on the ninth edition of the Union for International Cancer Control Manual of Clinical Oncology.

§

These values were not further specified as N2a, N2b, or N2c.

These values were not further specified as N3a or N3b.

Scores on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance-status scale range from 0 to 5, with higher scores indicating greater disability.