Table 1.

Main patient characteristics.

Total number	27
Gender	18 females 9 males
Median age	66 (range 36-90)
Median Karnofsky performance status	90 (range 80-100)
Clinical stage (baseline work-up with CT alone)	2 T1 N0 M0
	4 T2 N0 M0
	9 T3 N0 M0
	2 T1 N1 M0
	4 T2 N2 M0
	2 T3 N2 M0
	1 T4 N2 M0
	1 T3 N3 M0
	1 T4 N3 M0
	1 T3 N2 M1