Table 1 Patient and tumour characteristics.

From: A comparative study of extracellular vesicle-associated and cell-free DNA and RNA for HPV detection in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Characteristics

Total (n = 28)

Locally advanced (n = 22)

Metastatic (n = 6)

p16 IHC status

Positive

23 (82%)

18 (82%)

5 (83%)

Negative

5 (18%)

4 (18%)

1 (17%)

Age

Median (range) years

63 (46–78)

64 (46–78)

62 (54–64)

Gender

Female

2 (7%)

0 (0%)

2 (33%)

Male

26 (93%)

22 (100%)

4 (67%)

Race

Caucasian

28 (100%)

28 (100%)

28 (100%)

Other

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Stage (7th AJCC edition)

III

2 (7%)

2 (9%)

0 (0%)

IVA

18 (64%)

18 (82%)

0 (0%)

IVB

2 (7%)

2 (9%)

0 (0%)

IVC

6 (22%)

0 (0%)

6 (100%)

Smoking or tobacco use

Ex-smoker

11 (39%)

8 (36.5%)

3 (50%)

Current smoker

7 (25%)

6 (27%)

1 (17%)

Non-smoker

10 (36%)

8 (36.5%)

2 (33%)

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