Table 1.

The clinical characteristics of the patients used in this study. Each HPV positive patient has his/her tumor anatomic sites, age range at the surgery, Gender, T-staging and the prognosis status listed in the table. BOT: Base of Tongue. Patients who don’t have their T-stages were marked as blank in the table

	Tumor anatomic site	Age range	T-staging	Live/Recurrence/Dead
468	BOT	50–69	T4	dead
515	Tonsil	30–49	T1	alive
517	BOT	50–69	T2	alive
518	BOT	50–69	T2	dead
522	Tonsil	50–69	T2	alive
523	Tonsil	50–69	T4	alive
525	BOT	50–69	T1	alive
526	Thyroid	50–69		alive (met)
532	Tonsil	≥70		dead
543	Tonsil	50–69	T1	alive
568	BOT	50–69	T1	alive
569	BOT	30–49	T3	alive
601	Tonsil	50–69	T3	alive
614	Tonsil	≥70	T2	alive
624	Tonsil	30–49	T2	alive
655	BOT	≥70	T3	alive (recur)
669	Tonsil	50–69	T4a	alive
670	Tonsil	50–69	T2	alive
676	Tonsil	50–69	T2	alive (recur)
677	Tonsil	30–49	T2	dead
680	Tonsil	50–69	T2	alive (pulmonary mets)
683	Tonsil	≥70	T2	alive
687	BOT	50–69	T2	alive
688	BOT	≥70	T2	alive (lung met)
691	BOT	50–69	T2	alive
711	BOT	30–49	T2	alive
716	BOT	30–49	T3	alive
728	BOT	50–69	T4a	alive