Table 1.

Characteristics of patients with xerostomia and patients without xerostomia

Characteristics	Patients with xerostomia (n = 8)	Patients without xerostomia (n = 13)
Gender
Female	2	3
Male	6	10
Age (yr)
Range	38–68	16–51
aKPS
80	4	2
90	4	9
100	0	2
TNM stage
T1N2M0	1	1
T2N1M0	0	2
T2N0MX	0	1
T2N1MX	0	1
T2N2M0	5	4
T2N2M1	0	1
T3N2M0	2	0
T4N1M0	0	1
T4N2M0	0	2
bPG volume (cc)
Range	15.3–34.0	8.9–28.9

^aKPS = Karnofsky performance status;

^bPG = parotid gland.