Table 2 Clinicopathological findings (n = 60).

From: A Collective Route to Head and Neck Cancer Metastasis

Pt #

Gender

Age

HPV status

Staging

Site

Single CTCs

CTC clusters

# cells per cluster

Follow up FDG Pet Scan

1

f

58

negative

I

Oral Cavity

0

0

0

 

2

m

57

negative

I

Oral Cavity

1

0

0

 

3

m

69

negative

I

Oropharynx

0

0

0

 

4

m

57

negative

I

Oral Cavity

0

0

0

 

5

m

71

negative

I

Oral Cavity

0

0

0

 

6

f

64

unknown

I

Oral Cavity

0

0

0

 

7

m

78

negative

II

Larynx

1

0

0

 

8

m

55

negative

II

Oral Cavity

0

0

0

 

9

m

62

negative

II

Oral Cavity

0

0

0

 

10

m

59

positive

II

Oral Cavity

0

0

0

 

11

m

77

negative

II

Oral Cavity

0

0

0

 

12

m

64

negative

II

Oral Cavity

0

0

0

 

13

m

56

negative

III

Oral Cavity

0

0

0

 

14

m

55

negative

III

Oral Cavity

0

0

0

 

15

m

69

negative

III

Larynx

0

0

0

 

16

m

63

negative

III

Oropharynx

0

0

0

 

17

m

63

negative

III

Oropharynx

0

0

0

 

18

m

78

negative

III

Oral Cavity

0

0

0

 

19

m

66

unknown

III

Larynx

5

0

0

 

20

f

62

positive

III

Oral Cavity

0

0

0

 

21

m

63

unknown

III

Larynx

0

0

0

 

22

m

74

positive

IV

Oral Cavity

2

2*

13,8

lung lesion

23

m

88

negative

IV

Oral Cavity

1

0

0

lung lesion

24

m

81

positive

IV

Oropharynx

0

0

0

 

25

m

60

Positive

IV

Oropharynx

4

0

0

 

26

m

64

negative

IV

Oral Cavity

4

1

6

 

27

m

50

Positive

IV

Oropharynx

0

1

3

 

28

f

65

negative

IV

Oral Cavity

4

0

0

 

29

m

74

positive

IV

Oropharynx

3

0

0

 

30

f

45

positive

IV

Oropharynx

1

0

0

 

31

m

58

Positive

IV

Oropharynx

0

2

3,3

 

32

m

73

negative

IV

Oropharynx

0

0

0

 

33

m

73

negative

IV

Oral Cavity

0

0

0

 

34

m

55

positive

IV

oropharynx

0

0

0

 

35

m

56

negative

IV

Oropharynx

4

0

0

 

36

m

69

positive

IV

Oropharynx

0

0

0

 

37

m

62

positive

IV

Oropharynx

0

0

0

 

38

m

58

positive

IV

Oropharynx

4

1

5

lung lesion

39

m

66

positive

IV

Oropharynx

0

0

0

 

40

m

79

positive

IV

Oropharynx

0

0

0

 

41

m

66

negative

IV

Larynx

4

2

8,10

lung and liver lesions

42

m

50

positive

IV

Oral Cavity

3

2

3,5

 

43

m

75

positive

IV

Oral Cavity

0

0

0

 

44

m

54

positive

IV

Oropharynx

0

0

0

 

45

f

70

positive

IV

Oropharynx

0

0

0

 

46

m

53

negative

IV

Oropharynx

3

1

6

 

47

m

77

negative

IV

Hypophaynx

0

0

0

 

48

m

50

unknown

IV

Oral Cavity

0

0

0

 

49

m

65

negative

IV

Oropharynx

3

2*

5,7

liver lesion

50

m

58

unknown

IV

Oropharynx

1

1

3

 

51

m

74

positive

IV

Oropharynx

0

0

0

 

52

m

62

positive

IV

Oropharynx

10

0

0

 

53

m

23

negative

IV

Hypopharynx

0

0

0

 

54

m

61

positive

IV

Hypopharynx

0

0

0

 

55

m

50

positive

IV

Oral Cavity

0

1

3

 

56

f

59

negative

IV

Oral Cavity

0

1

4

 

57

m

59

positive

IV

Oropharynx

5

3

5,5,7

lung lesion

58

m

50

positive

IV

Oropharynx

4

1

3

 

59

m

64

positive

IV

Oropharynx

0

2*

7,5

lung lesion

60

m

60

negative

IV

Salivary Glands

0

0

0

 
  1. *CTC clusters with WBCs.