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Table 3 Patients and tumor characteristics

From: Translation and cross-cultural adaption of the Chinese version of the Vanderbilt Head and Neck Symptom Survey version 2.0: a tool for oral symptom assessment in head and neck cancer patients

Characteristic

Value

Age, year

 

 Median

49.50

 25th–75th interquartile range

42–55

 Range (min, max)

(26, 76)

Gender, no.(%)

 

 Female

26 (28.89%)

 Male

64 (71.11%)

Primary tumor site

 

 Nasopharynx

69 (76.67%)

 Nasal, paranasal sinus

3 (3.33%)

 Oral cavity

6 (6.67%)

 Hypopharynx

5 (5.55%)

 Larynx

7 (7.78%)

TNM stage

 

 I

2 (2.22%)

 II

13 (14.44%)

 III

25 (27.78%)

 IV

49 (54.45%)

  “Missing”

1 (1.11%)

Treatment

 

 Combined chemoradiation

74 (82.22%)

 Radiation only

5 (5.56%)

 Combined chemoradiation + surgery

8 (8.89%)

 Radiation + surgery

3 (3.33%)

ECOG

 

 0

63 (71.170.00%)

 1

27 (28.930.00%)

  1. TNM, classification of malignant tumors; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group