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Table 1 Patient and treatment characteristics

From: Quantitative and clinical implications of the EARL2 versus EARL1 [18F]FDG PET-CT performance standards in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

 

(N = 49)

Sex

 Male

39 (80%)

 Female

10 (20%)

Age at diagnosis (years)

 Median

66

 Range

52–91

T-stage

 T1

3 (6%)

 T2

19 (39%)

 T3

17 (35%)

 T4

10 (20%)

Subsite primary tumor

 Oropharynx

24 (49%)

 Larynx

17 (35%)

 Hypopharynx

8 (16%)

HPV status (oropharynx)

 Negative

14 (58%)

 Positive

10 (42%)

N-stage

 N0

22 (45%)

 N1

11 (22%)

 N2

13 (27%)

 N3

3 (6%)

Delineated lymph nodes per neck level

 Level 1A

6 (3%)

 Level 1B

33 (19%)

 Level 2

98 (56%)

 Level 3

27 (16%)

 Level 4

5 (3%)

 Level 5

6 (3%)

Treatment

 Radiotherapy

30 (61%)

 Chemoradiotherapy

19 (39%)