Table 1 Characteristics of study patients (No. of patients = 121)
From: 18F-FDG-PET/CT can be used to predict distant metastasis in hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma
Characteristic | Number of patients |
|---|---|
Age, y, median (IQR) | 67 (61–73) |
Sex, male/female | 113/8 |
Site of primary tumors at initial presentation | |
Pyriform sinus/postcricoid/posterior wall | 88/12/20 |
SUVmax primary tumor | 14.4 (11.8–19.7) |
Recurrence/metastasis | |
Locoregional alone | 28 |
Local + Distant | 3 |
Distant metastasis | 31 |
Time to distant metastasis, mo, median (IQR) | 24 (9–43) |
TN and clinical stage | |
T1/T2/T3/T4 | 8/50/27/36 |
N0/N1/N2/N3 | 29/10/78/4 |
Stage I / II / III / IV | 6/17/12/86 |
Primary treatment | |
Sugery/(C)RT | 59/62 |
Follow‐up information after recurrence | |
Follow‐up, mo, median (IQR) | 28 (14‐44) |