Table 3.
Factors which might predict tumor resectability:
| Resected cases | Unresected cases | ||||
| Variable | No | % | No | % | P value |
| 1-Age at diagnosis: | |||||
| • 40–49 years | 5 | 20 | 9 | 36 | P > 0.05* |
| • 50–59 years | 3 | 12 | 8 | 32 | |
| 2-Sex: | |||||
| • Male | 5 | 20 | 10 | 40 | P > 0.05* |
| • Female | 3 | 12 | 7 | 28 | |
| 3-Performance status: | |||||
| • Score 0 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 8 | |
| • Score 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 44 | P > 0.05* |
| • Score 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
| 4-Tumour size: | |||||
| • <2 cm | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | P = 0.024** |
| • ≥ 2 cm | 5 | 20 | 17 | 68 | |
| 5-LN status: | |||||
| • LN negative | 5 | 20 | 10 | 40 | P > 0.05* |
| • LN positive | 3 | 12 | 7 | 28 | |
• *Insignificant difference p > 0.05
• ** Significant difference p < 0.05