Alimentation Impact of Treatments of 254 Oropharyngeal Cancers (1998–2003)
Table 1
Characteristics of the patients.
Characteristics of the patients
Age: mean (SD), yr
57.8 (10.9)
Sex: no (%)
Male
223 (88.5)
Female
29 (11.5)
ASA stage at diagnosis: no (%)
I
62 (24.6)
II
117 (46.4)
III
72 (28.6)
IV
1 (0.4)
BMI at diagnosis: mean (SD), kg/m²
22.7 (4.2)
Previous ENT cancer: no (%)
62 (24.6)
Relapse: no (%)
32 (12.7)
AJCC stage groups: no (%)
I
14 (5.5)
II
28 (11.1)
III
43 (17.1)
IV
167 (66.3)
UICC T stage groups: no (%)
T1
25 (9.9)
T2
81 (32.1)
T3
75 (29.8)
T4
71 (28.2)
UICC N stage groups: no (%)
N0
105 (41.7)
N1
14 (5.5)
N2a
25 (9.9)
N2b
45 (17.9)
N2c
38 (15.1)
N3
25 (9.9)
UICC M stage groups: no (%)
M0
247 (98.0)
M1
5 (2.0)
ASA: American Society of Anaesthesiology, BMI: Body mass index, AJCC: American Joint Committee on Cancer, and UICC: International Union against Cancer.