Research Article

Incidence of Cisplatin Induced Ototoxicity in Adults with Head and Neck Cancer

Table 1

Patient demographics.

Age17–81 (average 59.2) years

SexMale 14 (47%)
Female 16 (53%)

Tumor locationLung 13 (44%)
Head/neck & brain 8 (27%)
Kidney/bladder 5 (16%)
Uterus/ovarian 3 (10%)
Unknown 1 (3%)

Cisplatin cumulative dose55–260 mg/m2 (average: 148 mg/m2)

ComorbiditiesHypertension 12 (40%)
Diabetes 3 (10%)