Table 1.
Characteristic | Number (%) |
---|---|
Age in years | |
Median (range) | 55 (50–78) |
Gender | |
Male | 65 (89) |
Female | 8 (11) |
Tumor Location | |
Tonsil | 35 (48) |
Base of tongue | 38 (52) |
Gross tumor volume, mL | |
Median (range) | 110 (19–378) |
T stage | |
1 | 9 (12) |
2 | 29 (40) |
3 | 17 (23) |
4 | 18 (25) |
N stage | |
0 | 6 (8) |
1 | 6 (8) |
2 | 55 (75) |
3 | 6 (8) |
AJCC stage | |
III | 9 (12) |
IVA | 58 (80) |
IVB | 6 (8) |
Smoking status | |
Never* | 26 (36) |
Previous | 31 (42) |
Current | 16 (22) |
Abbreviations: RT=radiation therapy, AJCC=American Joint Committee on Cancer
Patients who never smoked reported less than ten pack-year cigarettes or equivalent life-time tobacco use.