Clinical Study

The Role of Narrow Band Imaging in the Detection of Recurrent Laryngeal and Hypopharyngeal Cancer after Curative Radiotherapy

Table 2

Clinical characteristics of the study cohort.

DemographyPatients number (%)

Age, mean, range62.6 yrs, 42–83
Sex
 Male44 (66.7)
 Female12 (33.3)
Primary tumor site
 Glottis56 (85)
  T135 (62.5)
  T214 (25)
  T37 (12.5)
  T40 (0)
 Supraglottis5 (8.9)
  T11 (20)
  T22 (40)
  T32 (40)
  T40 (0)
 Subglottis1 (1.8)
  T11 (100)
 Hypopharynx4 (7.1)
  T11 (25)
  T23 (75)
  T30 (0)
  T40 (0)
 Prior surgery
  Yes13 (19.7)
  No53 (80.3)