Table 1 Patient demographics (N=40)

From: Phase II study of capecitabine as palliative treatment for patients with recurrent and metastatic squamous head and neck cancer after previous platinum-based treatment

 

Patients

Characteristics

No.

%

Gender

 Men

40

100

Age (years)

 Mean (range)

58.4 (40.7–75.1)

Performance status (ECOG)

 0

10

25

 1

28

70

 2

2

5

Disease status at enrolment

 Local disease recurrence

33

82.5

 Locoregional disease

7

17.5

 Distant metastases

20

50

Lung

12

 

Other

8

 

Neoadjuvant therapy

25

62.5

 Taxane–cisplatin–5FU triplets

18

 

 Cisplatin–5FU

6

 

 Cisplatin–docetaxel

1

 

Surgery

19

47.5

 Primary tumour

7

 

 Nodal disease

3

 

 Primary tumour and nodal disease

8

 

 Lung node metastases

1

 

Adjuvant therapy

 RT alone

29

72.5

 RT+CT with

26

65.0

Cisplatin

21

 

Taxane–cisplatin–5FU triplets

4

 

Cisplatin–docetaxel

1

 

 Postoperative RT alone

7

17.5

 Postoperative RT+CT with cisplatin

4

 

Recurrent/metastatic disease treatment

 CT

6

15

Cisplatin–5FU

2

 

Carboplatin–paclitaxel

2

 

Cisplatin

1

 

 Taxane–cisplatin–5FU triplets

1

 

 RT

3

7.5

 Surgery

11

27.5

  1. Abbreviations: CT=chemotherapy; ECOG=Eastern Cooperative Group; RT=radiotherapy; 5-FU=5-fluorouracil.