Medical data collected for each patient in order to correlate biological data (including PDTO response to treatment) with clinical response are indicated in Table 2.

Medical data collected for each patient

Clinical parameters

Age, sex, weight, height, ECOG performance status,

Exposure to tobacco and alcohol,

Cancer location and TNM-8 classification

Histological diagnosisType, squamous differentiation, keratinization type, p16 status
Biologic parametersSerum neutrophils, albumin and leukocytes levels
Pathological pronostic factorsSurgical margin, lymph node metastasis with or without capsular rupture, vascular or lymphatic embolization, perineural invasion
Oncologic treatments

Radiotherapy (volume, dose, fraction)

Chemotherapy (molecules, administration regimen)

Response to treatment

Disease-free survival,

Progression-free survival,

Overall survival.

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