Table 1 Demographics of the Study Population
From: An evaluation of in-office flexible fiber-optic biopsies for laryngopharyngeal lesions
Characteristic | Biopsy Group | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Operative Endoscopy | In-Office | ||
n = 70 | n = 44 | ||
Age | 0.04 | ||
Mean years [SD] | 60.9 [8.2] | 64.3 [8.6] | |
Range | 37.1–81.3 | 51.1–86.6 | |
Gender | ns | ||
Male | 64 | 36 | |
Female | 6 | 8 | |
Clinical Stage | ns | ||
In-situ | 3 | 1 | |
I | 4 | 4 | |
II | 2 | 3 | |
III | 5 | 4 | |
IVA | 53 | 29 | |
IVB | 3 | 3 | |
Biopsy Site | ns | ||
Tongue base/vallecula | 51 | 28 | |
Larynx | 16 | 12 | |
Pharyngeal wall | 3 | 2 | |
Other | 0 | 2 | |
FNA Performed | < 0.001 | ||
Yes | 37 | 4 | |
No | 33 | 40 | |
Treatment | ns | ||
Surgery alone | 8 | 4 | |
RT alone | 7 | 8 | |
Surgery and adjuvant RT | 4 | 0 | |
CRT | 48 | 30 | |
Surgery and adjuvant CRT | 1 | 1 | |
Neoadjuvant CRT and surgery | 2 | 1 | |