Table 1 Patient characteristics (n = 30).

From: Changes in immune parameters between pre-treatment and recurrence after (chemo) radiation therapy in patients with head and neck cancer

Variables

Total (%)

Age

Mean

66

range

40–87

Sex

Male

27 (90)

Female

3 (10)

Recurrent site

Larynx

18 (60)

Oropharynx

8 (27)

hypopharynx

4 (13)

Treatment before recurrence

Chemo-radiotherapy

16 (53)

Radiotherapy

14 (47)

Radiation dosage before recurrence

Median

66.0Ā Gy

Range

60–70.2Ā Gy

p16 status

Positive

6 (20)

Negative

24 (80)

Local recurrence

Early

22 (73)

Advance

8 (27)

Regional recurrence

Yes

2 (7)

No

28 (93)

Treatment at recurrence

Surgery

22 (73)

Chemotherapy

3 (10)

Cetuximab + chemotherapy

3 (10)

Nivolumab

2 (7)

Follow up (months) form recurrence

Median

63.1

Range

15.3–146.2