Table 2.

Tongue cancer characteristics at presentation.

		2006–2013		2014–2021		p-Value
		N	%	N	%
Site	Lateral	57	77%	103	83.7%	0.253
	Dorsum	11	14.6%	17	13.8%
	Middle/Posterior	5	6.8%	3	2.4%
Side	Right	36	59%	61	52.6%	0.414
	Left	25	41%	55	47.4%
Nodal status	Positive	46	62.2%	41	33.3%	<0.001
	Negative	26	35.1%	55	44.7%
Clinical stage	1	10	14.3%	22	26.5%	0.148
	2	13	18.6%	16	19.3%
	3	5	7.1%	9	10.8%
	4	42	60%	36	43.4%
Grade	1	36	49.3%	37	45.1%	0.621
	2	30	41.1%	33	40.2%
	3	7	9.6%	12	14.6%