Table 1.
Patient, disease and medical treatment characteristics.
| No. of patients | 45 |
| Age | |
| Median | 51.9 |
| Range | 19–82 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 33 |
| Female | 12 |
| Primary site | Oral cavity |
| Oral tongue | 28 |
| Floor of the mouth | 6 |
| Buccal mucosa | 2 |
| Maxilla | 3 |
| Mandible | 1 |
| Retromolar trigone | 5 |
| AJCC Stage | |
| I-II | 7 |
| III–IVA | 38 |
| DNA test | |
| Positive | 5 |
| Negative | 40 |
| Induction CMT1 (TPF) | |
| No | 17 |
| Yes | 28 |
| Response after CMT | |
| Complete | 18 |
| Partial | 10 |
1CMT: Chemotherapy.