Table 3 Delay (in days) and tumor characteristics (n = 83 patients)
From: Factors influencing patient and health care delays in Oropharyngeal Cancer
Number (%) | Patient delay | P value | PHCa delay | P value | Specialist-care delayb | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Site | 0.216 | 0.130 | 0.632 | ||||
Anterior wall | 32 (38.6) | 31.0 | 27.0 | 48.5 | |||
Lateral wall | 47 (56.6) | 16.5 | 13.5 | 55.0 | |||
Posterior wall | 1 (1.2) | ||||||
Superior wall | 0 | ||||||
Overlapping sites (C10.8) | 3 (3.6) | 76.0 | 10.0 | 58.0 | |||
T Class, 7th and 8th UICC editionsc | 0.031 | 0.963 | 0.676 | ||||
T1-T2 | 61 (73.5) | 22.5 | 15.5 | 54.5 | |||
T3-T4 | 22 (26.5) | 59.0 | 15.0 | 50.0 | |||
N class, 7th UICC edition | 0.064 | 0.587 | 0.752 | ||||
N0 | 16 (19.3) | 48.0 | 15.0 | 54.0 | |||
N1 | 12 (14.5) | 15.0 | 14.0 | 50.0 | |||
N2a | 6 (7.2) | 39.0 | 18.0 | 51.5 | |||
N2b | 30 (36.1) | 7.0 | 16.0 | 54.5 | |||
N2c | 18 (21.7) | 47.0 | 15.0 | 54.0 | |||
N3 | 1 (1.2) | ||||||
N class, 8th UICC edition | 0.020 | 0.746 | 0.184 | ||||
N0 | 16 (19.3) | 48.0 | 15.0 | 54.0 | |||
N1 | 41 (49.4) | 15.5 | 15.5 | 54.0 | |||
N2 | 13 (15.7) | 38.5 | 15.0 | 54.5 | |||
N2a | 2 (2.4) | 180.5 | 18.0 | ||||
N2b | 5 (6.0) | 3.0 | 8.0 | 50.0 | |||
N2c | 5 (6.0) | 75.0 | 15.0 | 39.0 | |||
N3 | 1 (1.2) | ||||||
M class, 7th and 8th UICC editionsc | 0.083 | 0.440 | |||||
M0 | 79 (95.2) | 28.0 | 15.0 | 52.5 | |||
M1 | 4 (4.8) | 75.5 | 13.0 | ||||
Stage, 7th UICC edition | 0.047 | 0.939 | 0.644 | ||||
I | 2 (2.4) | 125.5 | 76.5 | ||||
II | 9 (10.8) | 31.0 | 14.0 | 45.0 | |||
III | 11 (13.3) | 13.0 | 15.0 | 59.0 | |||
IV A | 54 (65.1) | 23.0 | 17.0 | 54.0 | |||
IV B | 3 (3.6) | 59.0 | 9.0 | 37.0 | |||
IV C | 4 (4.8) | 75.5 | 13.0 | ||||
Stage, 8th UICC edition | 0.285 | 0.737 | 0.285 | ||||
I | 44 (53.0) | 19.0 | 14.5 | 55.0 | |||
II | 9 (10.8) | 31.0 | 21.0 | 64.0 | |||
III | 14 (16.9) | 53.0 | 14.0 | 48.0 | |||
IV | 2 (2.4) | 157.0 | 10.0 | ||||
IV A | 12 (14.5) | 14.0 | 15.0 | 49.5 | |||
IV B | 0 | ||||||
IV C | 2 (2.4) | 75.5 | 13.0 | ||||
p16 status | 0.280 | 0.580 | 0.160 | ||||
Positive | 64 (77.1) | 24.0 | 15.0 | 54.0 | |||
Negative | 17 (20.5) | 37.0 | 16.0 | 45.5 | |||
Unknown | 2 (2.4) | ||||||
Histological grade | 0.257 | 0.424 | 0.749 | ||||
I | 3 (3.6) | 151.0 | 22.0 | 59.0 | |||
II | 16 (19.3) | 28.0 | 34.0 | 56.0 | |||
III | 62 (74.7) | 27.0 | 14.5 | 50.0 | |||
Unknown | 2 (2.4) |