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Swallowing function after treatment for early-stage OPC
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Table 1 Continued
Received treatment Curative intent
150 (100)
149 (99)
429 (100)
283 (100)
NA
NA
66 (100)
125 (99)
NA
NA
Pre-treatment No swallowing
problems
.740
.157
.567
.831
Palliative
0 (0)
0
73 (73)
1 (1)
0
84 (75)
1 (0)
1
270 (81)
0 (0)
0
173 (82)
0 (0)
0
33 (75)
1 (1)
0
73 (79)
0 (0)
0
38 (73)
Unknown
Yes
27 (27)
28 (25)
62 (19)
39 (18)
11 (25)
19 (21)
14 (27)
Unknown
50
38
99
71
22
34
26
Intended treatment
P value S vs. RT
P value All groups
Intended and received treatment
P value S vs. RT
P value S vs. S + (C)RT
Number of participants (%)
Number of participants (%)
Surgery (n = 150)
RT
(n = 150)
CRT
(n = 431)
Surgery + (C)RT
(n = 283)
Surgery (n = 66)
RT
(n = 126)
Intended S and received S + (C)RT (n = 78) 78 (100)
NB: Not all percentages sum up exactly to 100% due to rounding. Outcome ‘pre-treatment swallowing problems’ is defined as problems with swallowing liquids, pureed and/or solid food assessed by means of questions from the EORTC-QLQ-H&N35 questionnaire.
Abbreviations: ACE-27 = Adult Comorbidity Evaluation-27, (C)RT = (chemo)radiotherapy, HPV = human papilloma virus, S = surgery, SD = standard deviation.