Research Article

Association of p16 as Prognostic Factors for Oropharyngeal Cancer: Evaluation of p16 in 1470 Patients for a 16 Year Study in Northeast China

Table 1

Profiles and clinical parameters of patients.

Clinicopathological findings
Variable%

Age at diagnosis, years
 ⩽45855.78
 46–5546931.9
 56–6562442.45
6629219.86
 Mean (SD)58.24 ± 6.64
 Age range31–86
Sex
 Male116779.39
 Female30320.61
History of smoking
 Yes (current/former)129688.16
 No (never)17411.84
History of alcohol
 Yes (current/former)89060.54
 No (never)58039.46
Treatment
 Surgery alone125785.51
 Surgery + radiotherapy20513.95
 Surgery + chemoradiotherapy50.34
 Surgery + radiotherapy + chemoradiotherapy30.2
Event after initial CRT
 Residual tumor (PD, SD, and PR)28619.46
 CR followed by recurrence/metastasis44130
 Durable CR74350.54

Continuous variables are given as mean ± standard deviation.