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Table 1 The clinical data on metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cancer to parotid lymph nodes

From: Metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma to parotid lymph nodes: a retrospective study

Gender

Age

Pathology and grading

Parotid metastasis

Treatment of primary tumor

Treatment of metastasis

Surgery mode

Parotid lymph node metastasis

Size

Facial nerve paralysis

Outcome

Female

45

SCC, G3

Uncontrolled

CRT

S

SP

superficial

<3 cm

-

M

AWD

15 months

Male

46

SCC, G3

Delayed 15 months

RT

S

SP

superficial

<3 cm

-

ANED

97 months

Male

44

SCC, G3

Delayed 47 months

CRT

S

TP

superficial deep

>3 cm

-

M

DOD

53 months

Male

74

SCC, G3

Delayed 60 months

CRT

S

PP + ND

inferior superficial

<3 cm

-

DOD

24 months

Female

46

SCC, G3

Delayed 108 months

CRT

S

SP + ND

superficial

>3 cm

+

ANED

17 months

Male

51

SCC, G3

Delayed 105 months

CRT

S

TP + ND

superficial deep

<3 cm

+

DOD

28 months

Male

57

SCC, G3

Delayed 36 months

RT

S + RT

TP

superficial deep

>3 cm

+

LR

AWD

38 months

Male

32

SCC, G3

Uncontrolled

CRT

S + RT

PP + ND

inferior

>3 cm

-

M

25 months

AWD

Male

18

SCC, G3

Uncontrolled

CRT

S + RT

SP + ND

superficial

<3 cm

-

M

DOD

65 months

Male

56

SCC, G3

Delayed 60 months

CRT

S + RT

SP + ND

inferior superficial

>3 cm

-

LR

DOD

11 months

Male

57

SCC, G3

Delayed 23 months

CRT

S + RT

TP + ND

inferior superficial

>3 cm

-

DOD

13 months

Male

52

SCC, G3

Delayed 65 months

RT

S + CRT

SP + ND

superficial

<3 cm

-

DOD

34 months

Male

67

SCC, G3

Delayed 72 months

RT

S + CRT

TP + ND

superficial

>3 cm

+

LR

ANED

120 months

male

61

SCC, G3

Delayed 24 months

CRT

S + CRT

TP + ND

superficial deep

>3 cm

+

M

DOD

17 months

  1. ANED: Alive with no evidence of disease; AWD: Alive with disease; CRT: Chemotherapy and radiotherapy; DOD: Dead of disease; G: Grading; LR: Local recurrence; M: Distant metastasis; ND: Neck dissection; PP: Partial parotidectomy; RT: Radiotherapy; S: Surgery; SCC: Squamous cell carcinoma; SP: Superficial parotidectomy; TP: Total parotidectomy.