Table 1 Patient characteristics: stage, grade and status.

Factor

All patients

52 (100)

Gender

Male

40 (76.9)

Female

12 (23.1)

TNM stage (UICC 2002)

I

20 (39.2)

II

19 (36.5)

III

10 (19.2)

IV

3 (5.8)

Grading

G 1

1 (2)

G 2

29 (56)

G 3

21 (40)

G 4

1 (2)

T category

T 1

12 (23)

T 2

32 (62)

T 3

5 (10)

T 4

3 (6)

N category

N 0

24 (46.2)

N +

28 (53.8)

N 1

22 (42.3)

N 2

6 (11.5)

Any Relapse

Yes

17 (32.7)

No

35 (67.3)

Local recurrence

Yes

5 (9.6)

No

47 (90.4)

Distant Metastasis

Yes

14 (26.9)

No

38 (73.1)

Status

Alive with NED

25 (48)

Dead of disease

15 (29)

Dead without disease

12 (23)