Table 1:

Summary of patient characteristics

Patient No.	Age (yr)	Sex	Tumor Location	Stage
1	59	M	Left tongue base	T4N2cM0
3	50	F	Oral tongue	T3N0M0
4	49	F	Epiglottis	T2N0M0
5	40	M	Right floor of mouth	T4N2bM1
8	66	M	Epiglottis	T3N0M0
9	41	M	Left buccal area	T3N0M0
10	56	M	Vallecula	T2N2aM0
11	56	M	Right tonsil	T4N2bM0
12	59	M	Right tonsil	T4N2bM0
13	72	F	Left tongue base	T4N0M0
14	46	M	Left tonsil	T1N2aM0