TABLE 2.
Clinicopathological characteristics of patients with OTSCC.
| Clinicopathological characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Age (years), median (min‐max) | 61 (21–93) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 87 (64.4) |
| Female | 48 (35.6) |
| Origin | |
| Caucasian | 125 (92.5) |
| Non‐Caucasian | 10 (7.5) |
| Grade | |
| I | 29 (21.5) |
| II | 62 (45.9) |
| III | 44 (32.6) |
| T‐stage (Brazilian data: cT; Italian data: pT) | |
| 1 | 42 (31.1) |
| 2 | 93 (68.9) |
| Surgical Margin Status | |
| Free margin (>5 mm) | 75 (55.6) |
| Closed margin (0.1–4.9 mm) | 60 (44.4) |
| Smoking status of Brazilian data | 77 |
| Smokers | 51 (66.24) |
| Non‐smokers | 26 (33.76) |
| Characteristics of Italian data | 58 |
| Perineural Invasion | |
| Positive | 12 (20.69) |
| Negative | 46 (79.31) |
| Lymphocytic Host Response | |
| Type 1 (strong) | 40 (68.97) |
| Type 2 (moderate) | 17 (29.31) |
| Type 3 (weak) | 1 (1.72) |
Note: No patient had lymph‐node involvement at last follow‐up.