Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Parameter	No. of patients (%)
Age
Median (range)	55.1 (15-86.1)
Gender
Male	39 (83)
Female	8 (17)
Site
Nasopharynx	13 (28)
Oropharynx	21 (45)
Oral cavity	2 (4)
Larynx	7 (15)
Hypopharynx	4 (9)
AJCC stage
II	2 (4)
III	11 (23)
IVA	29 (62)
IVB	5 (11)
Pathology grade
Well differentiated	2 (4)
Moderately differentiated	15 (32)
Poorly differentiated	24 (51)
Unknown	6 (13)
Karnofsky performance status
70	2 (4)
80	8 (17)
90	36 (77)
100	1 (2)

Abbreviations: AJCC = American Joint Committee on Cancer