Table 1.

Clinicopathologic characteristics of the worked cases of SGCs

Clinicopathologic variables		frequency	%
Patient gender	male	18	40.0
	female	27	60.0
Tumor type	Low-grade MEC	7	15.6
	High-grade MEC	13	28.9
	Adenoid cystic carcinoma	12	26.7
	Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma	8	17.8
	Acinic cell carcinoma	5	11.1
Histologic grade	Low-grade carcinomas	12	26.7
	High-grade carcinomas	33	73.3
Tumor site	parotid salivary gland	23	51.1
	Submandibular salivary gland	12	26.7
	Soft and hard palate minor salivary glands	5	11.1
	Sublingual major salivary gland	4	8.9
	Retromolar mucosa	1	2.2
Tumor size	T1	7	15.6
	T2	12	26.7
	T3	17	37.8
	T4	9	20.0
Status of nodal involvement	positive nodal involvement	26	57.8
	negative nodal involvement	19	42.2
Distant metastasis	present	17	37.8
	absent	28	62.2
TNM stage	stage I	7	15.6
	stage II	6	13.3
	stage III	13	28.9
	stage IV	19	42.2
Incidence of recurrence	Present	17	37.8
	Absent	28	62.2
Incidence of death	Died	5	11.1
	Alive	40	88.9
CTSK expression	Negative expression	8	17.8
	Weak expression	8	17.8
	Moderate expression	6	13.3
	Strong expression	23	51.1
	Total	45	100

Frequency table