Multidisciplinary Service Utilization Pattern by Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Single Institution Study

Table 1

Patient demographics.

Characteristics	Number
Number of patients	52
Mean age	58.3
Race
Caucasian	46 (88%)
African American	6 (12%)
Gender
Male	46 (88%)
Female	6 (12%)
Marital status
Married	37 (71%)
Single	15 (23%)
KPS score*
70–80	8 (16%)
90	29 (57%)
100	14 (27%)
Smoking status
Never smoker	15 (29%)
Ever smoker	23 (44%)
Current smoker	14 (27%)
Tumor site*
Oropharynx	37 (73%)
Nonoropharynx	14 (27%)
Cancer stage*
III	17 (33%)
IV	34 (67%)

*One unaccounted data point.
KPS: Karnofsky performance status.