[Cancer of the hypopharynx: clinical and epidemiological data on 41 cases]

The clinical and epidemiological data of 41 hypopharyngeal neoplasms diagnosed at the Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital de "La Santa Cruz y San Pablo", Barcelona, are analysed according to eleven computerized parameters. Our results are compared with those appeared in the literature. Though the are close similarities with regard to incidence, sex, tobacco and alcohol consumption, presentation, and histology, our patients are younger and in a better condition than it is generally accepted.