Research Article

Alimentation Impact of Treatments of 254 Oropharyngeal Cancers (1998–2003)

Table 1

Characteristics of the patients.

Characteristics of the patients

Age: mean (SD), yr57.8 (10.9)
Sex: no (%)
 Male223 (88.5)
 Female29 (11.5)
ASA stage at diagnosis: no (%)
 I62 (24.6)
 II117 (46.4)
 III72 (28.6)
 IV1 (0.4)
BMI at diagnosis: mean (SD), kg/m²22.7 (4.2)
Previous ENT cancer: no (%)62 (24.6)
Relapse: no (%)32 (12.7)
AJCC stage groups: no (%)
 I14 (5.5)
 II28 (11.1)
 III43 (17.1)
 IV167 (66.3)
UICC T stage groups: no (%)
 T125 (9.9)
 T281 (32.1)
 T375 (29.8)
 T471 (28.2)
UICC N stage groups: no (%)
 N0105 (41.7)
 N114 (5.5)
 N2a25 (9.9)
 N2b45 (17.9)
 N2c38 (15.1)
 N325 (9.9)
UICC M stage groups: no (%)
 M0247 (98.0)
 M15 (2.0)

ASA: American Society of Anaesthesiology, BMI: Body mass index, AJCC: American Joint Committee on Cancer, and UICC: International Union against Cancer.