Statistical considerations and correlations in hypopharynx cancer.

The paper presents a retrospective statistical study on a sample of patients with hypopharyngeal cancer, admitted to the ENT clinic of the County Emergency Hospital of Craiova in the period 2008-2012. Over the few last years, this disease has been the center of attention for the oncologists, having the tendency of an increasing morbidity( 1,2). This type of cancer presents a special risk due to its lymphophilic character and the potential to increase rapidly its size. Few symptoms and the presence of only the cervical adenopathy makes the patients to ask for medical help often only in the advanced stages of the disease. Considering the given advanced staging, the tumor extension and the existence of the adenopathy with rapid metastasis, the prognosis of hypopharynx cancer is poor. Due to the specific gravity of the disease, an extensive statistical study presents interest from the point of view of highlighting the risk factors, the distribution of the disease according to various factors (sex, environment of origin etc.), the applied treatments (surgical and oncology) and their importance, and the correlations between the various parameters involved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]