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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2015 Apr 1;91(5):925–933. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.12.045

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

Characteristic Result
N
Age at time of diagnosis (median [range]) 58 (44–76)
Age at time of present study (median [range]) 63 (52–80)
Male (N[%]) 34 (85)
Tumor site (N[%])
  Tonsil/ 22 (55)
  Base of Tongue 18 (45)
T-classification (N[%])
  T1 8 (20)
  T2 20 (50)
  T3 8 (20)
  T4 4 (10)
N-classification (N[%])
  N0 1 (3)
  N1 6 (15)
  N2a 2 (5)
  N2b 19 (48)
  N2c 8 (20)
  N3 4 (10)
AJCC stage (N[%])
  III 6 (15)
  IV 34 (85)
Smoking status at time of diagnosis (N[%])
  Current 5 (13)
  Former 18 (45)
  Never 17 (43)
Smoking pack-years (among smokers) (median [range]) 21 (1–60)
HPV status (N[%])
  Positive 39 (98)
  Negative 0 (0)
  N/A 1 (3)
Neck Dissection after Chemoradiation (N[%]) 7 (18)
Time to Neck Dissection from Completion of CRT (months) (median [range]) 3.2 (1.6–6.5)
Time since completion of CRT (months) (median [range]) 78 (31 – 123)