Table 1.

HNSCC patient clinical and pathologic characteristics

Patient characteristic	N = 88 (%)
Age at diagnosis^a
Median	59
Range	23–90
Gender
Male	68 (79)
Female	28 (21)
Clinical T stage
1	13 (15)
2	24 (27)
3	10 (11)
4	15 (17)
Recurrent/unknown	26 (30)
Clinical N stage
0	17 (19)
1	12 (14)
2	32 (36)
3	3 (3)
Recurrent/unknown	24 (27)
Site^b
Oral cavity	24 (28)
Oropharynx	30 (35)
Hypopharynx	4 (5)
Larynx	16 (19)
Nasopharynx	3 (3)
Other (parotid, skin, neck)	3 (3)
Histology^c
Squamous cell	71 (83)
Basaloid squamous cell	9 (10)
Other	6 (7)
P16^d
Positive	34 (41)
Negative	48 (59)
Cancer type^e
Primary	66 (78)
Recurrence	19 (22)

Abbreviations: OC, oral cavity; OP, oropharynx; HP, hypopharynx; L, larynx; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma.

↵^aTwo patients missing age at diagnosis.
↵^bTwo patients missing site of tumor.
↵^cTwo patients missing histology.
↵^dSix patients missing p16 status.
↵^eThree patients missing cancer type.