Table 1. Patient and healthy subject characteristics.

	Tumor site	Gender	Age (years)	TNM	Collection interval (days)
pt1	Hypopharynx	Male	66	cT4aN1M0	6
pt2	Base of tongue	Male	56	cT2N1M0	30
pt3	Base of tongue	Male	62	cT1N2aM0	6
pt4	Soft palate	Male	56	cT4aN0M0	4
pt5	Posterior pharyngeal wall	Male	58	cT2N2cM0	5
pt6	Tonsil	Female	66	cT4bN1M0	6
pt7	Supraglottic larynx	Male	62	cT3N2cM0	1
pt8	Tonsil	Male	68	cT2N2bM0	1
pt9	Floor of mouth	Male	67	cT3N0M0	6
pt10	Base of tongue	Male	69	cT4aN2cM0	7
H01	N/A	Female	30	N/A	7
H02	N/A	Male	53	N/A	7
H03	N/A	Female	35	N/A	7
H04	N/A	Female	28	N/A	7
H05	N/A	Male	51	N/A	7

Abbreviations: H, healthy subject; pt, patient; N/A, not applicable.