Table 1.

Patient characteristics: Age, gender, and risk factors for n = 26 patients, with oral cavity and/or oropharyngeal cancer treated with photodynamic therapy.

Patient characteristics (n = 26)
Age at diagnosis of PDT tumor	Mean (SD)	61.09 (8,436)
Gender	n (%)
Male		16 (61.5)
Female		10 (38.5)
Risk factors	n (%)
Alcohol alone		3 (11.5)
Smoking alone		1 (3.8)
Alcohol + smoking		21 (80.8)
No abuse		1 (3.8)
Primary tumor before PDT	n (%)
Unknown primary		2 (7.7)
Oral cavity		6 (23.1)
Oropharynx		9 (34.6)
Hypopharynx		1 (3.8)
Larynx		4 (15.4)
Oral cavity and oropharynx		2 (7.7)
Hypopharynx and larynx		2 (7.7)
Second primary tumor before PDT	n (%)
Oral cavity		3 (11.5)
Oropharynx		3 (11.5)
PDT tumor origin	n (%)
New primary		12 (46.2)
First rec of first primary		7 (26.9)
Second rec of first prim		4 (15.4)
PDT tumor = first primary		1 (3.8)
First rec of second primary		2 (7.7)
Sum of treatments before PDT	n (%)
No treatment before PDT		1 (3.8)
Ablative surgery		2 (7.7)
Primary RT alone		6 (23.1)
Primary RCT alone		2 (7.7)
Ablative surgery + RT		14 (53.8)
Primary RCT + salvage surgery		1 (3.8)

Rec, recurrence; RT, radiotherapy; RCT, radiochemotherapy.