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Table 1 Patient characteristics based on primary chemotherapy received

From: Primary chemoradiation with cisplatin versus cetuximab for locally advanced head and neck cancer: a retrospective cohort study

Parameters

Cisplatin (n = 66)

Cetuximab (n = 55)

Sex

 Male

51

39

 Female

15

16

Age

  

 >  60

18

33

 ≤ 60

48

22

Mean ± SD (Overall 60.09 ± 10.28) 

56.80 ± 9.10

60.04 ± 10.30

HPV/p16

 Positive

34

21

 Negative

9

7

 Not available

23

27

Primary

 Oropharynx

55

45

 Hypopharynx/Larynx

5

7

 Oral Cavity

5

2

 Other

1

1

Elevated baseline creatinine (> 1.3 mg/dL)

 Yes

14

13

 No

43

38

 Not Available

9

4

Smoking

 Smoker

44

32

 Light (< 10 Pack-Years)

10

4

Heavy (≥ 10 Pack-Years)

26

25

 Unknown Pack-Years

8

3

 Non-Smoker

21

21

 Not Available

1

2

Comorbidities

 Yes (≥ 2 Conditions)

48

35

 No (< 2 Conditions)

16

16

 Not Available

2

4

T Staging

 T1

6

11

 T2

26

20

 T3

20

14

 T4

12

9

 Tx

2

1

N staging

 N0

3

7

 N1

8

8

 N2

46

36

 N3

7

2

 Nx

2

2

M staging

 M0

60

51

 M1

0

0

 Mx

6

4