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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Oral Oncol. 2014 Aug 28;50(11):1104–1108. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2014.08.004

Table 1. Baseline Patient and Treatment Characteristics.

Characteristics N (%)
Age, years (mean ± standard deviation) 64.4 ± 10.2
Sex
 Male 18 (26%)
 Female 51 (74%)
Smoking Status (n=66, 96%)
 Never – less than 10 pack years 15 (22%)
 Greater than 10 pack year 51 (74%)
HPV status (n=30, 43%)
 Positive 17 (57%)
 Negative 13 (45%)
Primary Site in Oropharynx
 Tonsil 26 (38%)
 Base of Tongue 32 (46%)
 Other or NOS 11 (16%)
Prior Treatment
 Prior Full Dose Radiotherapy 69 (100%)
 Prior Surgery 18 (26%)
 Prior Chemotherapy 44 (64%)
Recurrence Treatment Site
 Base of Tongue 23 (33%)
 Cervical Lymph Nodes 10 (15%)
 Base of Skull 6 (9%)
 Other* 30 (43%)
Second Primary¥ 14 (20%)
SBRT Treatment Volume, cc, mean (range) 45 (2.5-345.1)
SBRT Dose, Gy, mean (range) 40.9 Gy (15-50)
*

Other sites: tonsil, hypopharynx, nasopharynx, parotid, other oropharynx.

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Fourteen patients (20.3%) had been previously diagnosed and treated with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck and presented with OPSCC as a second primary lesion. Of these, 5 patients were treated for laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), 3 patients were treated for oral cavity SCC, and 3 were treated for OPSCC. Thirteen (92.9%) of the patients with second primary tumors were smokers, for the remaining 1 patient smoking status was unknown.