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Table 1. Patient characteristics. Ipsilateral and contralateral side of the neck is related to the side of the local recurrence or the second primary. Characteristics No. Total number of patients 53 Gender Male 29 Female 24 Age y mean (SD) 65 (%) (100) (55) (45) (55 - 75) (range) (44 - 88) pT status (7th TNM) 1 44 2 9 Tumour locations Tongue 31 FOM 9 Buccal mucosa 5 Inferior alveolar process 4 Other 4 Previous treatment or surgery ipsilateral neck No 10 RT alone 8 ND alone 16 ND + RT 8 CRT 2 SLNB 9 Previous treatment or surgery contralateral neck No 25 RT alone 9 ND alone 6 ND + RT 6 CRT 2 SLNB 5 Follow-up Follow-up time months, median (IQR) 26 Regional recurrence 1 Death 13 Death of local recurrence or second primary 4 (83) (17) (58) (17) (9) (8) (8) (19) (15) (30) (15) (4) (17) (47) (17) (11) (11) (4) (9) (13 - 42) (1) (25) (8) Abbreviations: FOM, floor of mouth; RT, radiotherapy; ND, neck dissection; CRT, chemoradiation; SLNB, sentinel lymph node biopsy 109 6