Table 1.

Age, gender, tumor site, treatment (RT = radiotherapy, CRT = chemoradiotherapy) and stimulated salivary secretion rate (ml/min) pre-treatment and six months post-treatment for the cancer patients and age, gender, stimulated salivary secretion rate (ml/min) for the healthy matched controls.

Patient	Cancer patients						Healthy controls
	Age	Gender	Tumor	Treatment	Secretion rate		Age	Gender	Secretion rate
	(years)		Site		Pre-treatment	6 mo post treatment	(years)
P1	61	F	Tonsil	CRT	0.8	0.3	62	F	2.5
P2	51	F	Tonsil	RT	2.2	2.2	48	F	3.0
P3	76	F	Tonsil	RT	1.8	1.0	72	F	3.0
P4	55	M	Tongue base	RT	2.2	1.2	58	M	1.3
P5	63	M	Tongue base	CRT	1.0	0.5	59	M	3.2
Mean ± SD	61 ± 10				1.6 ± 0.7	1.3 ± 1.2	60 ± 9		2.6 ± 0.8