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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Contribution of submandibular gland and swallowing structure sparing to post-radiation therapy PEG dependence in oropharynx cancer patients treated with split-neck IMRT technique

Characteristic

Number (%)

Age at treatment

 Mean

57

 Range

25–73

Concurrent systemic therapy

 Yes

67 (97%)

 No

2 (3%)

Disease subsite

 Tonsil

32 (46%)

 Base of tongue

30 (43%)

 Other/multiple

7 (10%)

AJCC stage

 III

6 (9%)

 IVA

50 (72%)

 IVB

13 (19%)

T stage

 1

5 (7%)

 2

19 (28%)

 3

17 (25%)

 4a

21 (30%)

 4b

7 (10%)

N stage

 0

2 (3%)

 1

7 (10%)

 2a

5 (7%)

 2b

27 (39%)

 2c

23 (33%)

 3

5 (7%)