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ACE-27
Oropharyngeal tumour site
T classification
N classification
TNM stage
HPV status
Received treatment
Receieved treatment intent
Pre-treatment swallowing problems
None Mild Moderate Severe Unknown
Base of tongue
Tonsil Other
T1 T2
N0
N1
N2 (not bilateral)
N2a N2b
I II III IV
Negative Positive Unknown
Surgery
RT
CRT
Surgery + (C)RT
38 (48) 27 (34) 10 (13) 5 (6)
3
13 (16)
41 (49) 29 (35)
36 (43) 47 (57)
43 (52) 16 (19) 1 (1)
5 (6) 18 (22)
20 (24) 23 (28) 16 (19) 24 (29)
37 (47) 41 (53) 5
34 1 1 47
25 (31) 28 (35) 24 (30) 3 (4)
0
20 (25)
38 (48) 22 (28)
23 (29) 57 (71)
53 (66) 8 (10) 2 (3)
5 (6) 12 (15)
17 (21) 36 (45) 8 (10) 19 (24)
26 (33) 43 (54) 11
0 68 8 4
.030a
.286a
.052a
.217a
.098a
.233a
NA
NA
.164
14 (42) 19 (28) .450a 11 (33) 27 (40)
6 (18) 19 (28)
2 (6) 3 (4)
1 0
6 (18) 18 (27) .124a
11 (32) 30 (44) 17 (50) 20 (29)
19 (56) 18 (27) .004a 15 (44) 50 (74)
24 (71) 48 (71) .684a 5 (15) 7 (10)
0 (0) 2 (3)
2 (6) 2 (3) 3 (9) 9 (13)
16 (47) 16 (24) .050a 8 (24) 32 (47)
5 (15) 7 (10)
5 (15) 13 (19)
20 (67) 23 (40) .016a 10 (33) 35 (60)
4 10
34 0 NA 0 68
0 0
0 0
00
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Swallowing function after treatment for early-stage OPC
Intended treatment
Number of participants (%)
P value
Intended and received treatment Number of participants (%)
P value
Surgery (n = 83)
RT
(n = 80)
Surgery (n = 34)
RT
(n = 68)
No00 treatment
Curative
Palliative Unknown
No
Yes Unknown
83 (100)
0 (0) 0
52 (75) 17 (25) 14
80 (100)
0 (0) 0
61 (85) 11 (15) 8
34 (100)
0 (0) 0
24 (77) 7 (23) 3
68 (100) NA
0 (0) 0
53 (88) .171 7 (12)
8
NB: Not all percentages sum up exactly to 100% due to rounding.
Abbreviations: ACE-27 = Adult Comorbidity Evaluation-27, HPV = human papilloma virus, SD = standard deviation.
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