Table 2.
Demographic and clinicopathological characteristics of samples analyzed.
| A. Clinicopathological characteristics of affected patients and distribution of lesions and tissues by anatomical location | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Histologic grades of OSCC |
All OSSC | OM | ||
| WD | MD | PD | |||
| Cases (n) | 20 | 24 | 14 | 58 | 13 |
| Age (years) | |||||
| Range | 47–79 | 34–84 | 31–86 | 31–86 | Jan-63 |
| Mean | 65.76 | 63.92 | 58.21 | 62.77 | 41.15 |
| Median | 68 | 66 | 61.5 | 64 | 44 |
| ±SD | 10.83 | 10.27 | 18.2 | 13.3 | 18.05 |
| Sex: n (%) | |||||
| Male | 16 (80.00) | 18 (75.00) | 7 (50.00) | 41 (70.69) | 6 (46.15) |
| Female | 4 (20.00) | 6 (25.00) | 7 (50.00) | 17 (29.31) | 7 (53.85) |
| Anatomic location: n (%) | |||||
| Tongue | 9 (45.00) | 6 (25.00) | 2 (14.29) | 17 (29.31) | 1 (7.69) |
| Gingiva | 4 (20.00) | 4 (16.67) | 4 (28.57) | 12 (20.69) | 2 (15.39) |
| Mouth floor | – | 8 (33.33) | 2 (14.29) | 10 (17.24) | – |
| Lip | 3 (15.00) | 3 (12.50) | 1 (7.14) | 7 (12.07) | 4 (30.77) |
| Buccal mucosa | 1 (5.00) | 2 (8.33) | 2 (14.29) | 5 (8.62) | – |
| Alveolar ridge | 1 (5.00) | 1 (4.17) | 1 (7.14) | 3 (5.17) | – |
| Palate | 1 (5.00) | – | 2 (14.29) | 3 (5.17) | 6 (46.15) |
| Other | 1 (5.00) ¥ | – | – | 1 (1.73) | – |
| B. Clinicopathological characteristics of the samples and habits of the patients in this study | |
|---|---|
| T score according to the 2017 AJCC classification: n (%) | |
| T1 | 24 (41.38) |
| T2 | 20 (34.48) |
| T3 | 2 (3.45) |
| T4a | 8 (13.79) |
| T4b | 3 (5.17) |
| NI | 1 (1.72) |
| Clinical evolution: n (%) | |
| <3 months | 22 (37.93) |
| 3–6 months | 11 (18.97) |
| >6 months | 18 (31.03) |
| Symptomatology: n (%) | |
| Yes | 26 (44.83) |
| No | 29 (50.00) |
| NI | 3 (5.17) |
| Clinical presentation: n (%) | |
| Erythroplakia | 2 (3.45) |
| Leukoerythroplakia | 1 (1.72) |
| Tumor | 21 (36.21) |
| Ulcer | 32 (55.17) |
| NI | 2 (3.45) |
| Smoke history: n (%) | |
| Yes | 23 (39.66) |
| No | 18 (31.03) |
| NI | 17 (29.31) |
Abbreviations: OSCC, oral squamous cell carcinoma; WD, well differentiated; MD, moderately differentiated; PD, poorly differentiated; ¥, retromolar trigone; NI: not informed.