Table 4 Analysis of histological, molecular and therapeutic predictors of survival.

	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	Relative risk (95% CI)	p Value	Relative risk (95% CI)	p Value
Istology
Adenoid cystic carcinoma	1	–	1	–
Adenocarcinoma	0.5 (0.25 to 1)	NS	0.4 (0.31 to 1.12)	NS
Mucoepidermoid/squamous cell carcinoma	0.333 (0.108 to 1.03)	NS	0.5 (0.56 to 0.18)	NS
TUNEL >6%	0.244 (0.69 to 0.871)	0.003	0.99 (0.56 to 1.78)	NS
Bcl‐2 >6%	3.850 (1.3 to 14.378)	0.0015	2.1 (1.67 to 12.56)	0.011
p53<10%	4.950 (1.89 to 16.6)	0.001	1.87 (1.2 to 2.23)	0.05
Therapy (surgery + radiotherapy)	0.943 (0.48 to 1.85)	0.872	0.78 (0.44 to 1.89)	NS