Table 1.
Demographics of the patients included in the study
| No. of patients (%) | No. of patients (%) | No. of patients (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age at 1st presentation |
Secondary site (Cont.) |
Tumour clearance |
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| Mean | 62.2 | Maxillary tuberosity | 1 (1.5) | Positive margins | 28 (41.8) |
| Std. Deviation | 15.6 | Retromolar area | 1 (1.5) | Negative margins | 39 (58.2) |
| Minimum | 24.0 | Hard palate | 1 (1.5) | ||
| Maximum | 96.0 | Buccal mucosa | 5 (7.5) | Depth of invasion (mm) | |
| Tonsil | 2 (3.0) | Median | 10.0 | ||
| ASA | Minimum | 1.2 | |||
| I | 24 (35.8) | Smoking status | Maximum | 35.0 | |
| II | 31 (46.3) | Non-smoker | 12 (17.9) | ||
| III | 12 (17.9) | Ex-smoker | 6 (9.0) | Dysplasia at margin | 19 (28.4) |
| Chronic Smoker (< 5 cig/day) | 3 (5.5) | ||||
| Ethnicity | Chronic Smoker 9 cig/day) | (5- 6 (10.9) | Presence of severe dysplasia | 33 (49.3) | |
| Caucasian | 55 (82.1) | Chronic Smoker (10-14 cig/day) | 1 (1.8) | ||
| Indian | 7 (10.4) | Chronic Smoker (15-19 cig/day) | 1 (1.8) | Non-cohesive Invasive front | 34 (50.7) |
| Middleastern | 3 (4.5) | Chronic Smoker (≥ 20 cig/day) | 37 (67.3) | ||
| African | 2 (3.0) | Vascular invasion | 3 (4.5) | ||
| Advice on smoking cessation | |||||
| Clinical presentation | Reduction of smoking | 12 (21.8) | Nerve invasion | 1 (1.5) | |
| Ulcer | 50 (74.6) | Cessation of Smoking | 13 (23.6) | ||
| Macule | 2 (3.0) | Bone/cartilage invasion | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Papule | 14 (20.9) | Betel nut chewing | 6 (9.0) | ||
| Nodule | 1 (1.5) | Days in ICU | |||
| Drinking status | Median | 1 | |||
| Primary site | Non-drinker | 20 (29.9) | Minimum | 0 | |
| Lateral tongue | 25 (37.3) | Ex-drinker | 1 (1.5) | Maximum | 11 |
| FOM | 14 (20.9) | Chronic drinker (< 10 u/week) | 2 (4.3) | ||
| Lower alveolus | 8 (11.9) | Chronic drinker (10-20 u/week) | 9 (19.1) | Days in Hospital | |
| Retromolar area | 4 (6.0) | Chronic drinker (> 20 u/week) | 35 (74.5) | Median | 12 |
| Upper alveolus | 4 (6.0) | Minimum | 1 | ||
| Dorsal tongue | 1 (1.5) | Advice on drinking cessation | Maximum | 90 | |
| Buccal mucosa | 5 (7.5) | Alcohol reduction | 15 (31.9) | ||
| Ventral tongue | 1 (1.5) | Alcohol cessation | 9 (19.1) | Post-surgical radiotherapy | 40 (59.7) |
| Lower lip | 2 (3.0) | ||||
| Soft palate | 1 (1.5) | Tumour staging | Recurrence | 26 (38.8) | |
| Hard palate | 1 (1.5) | I | 13 (19.4) | ||
| Tonsil | 1 (1.5) | II | 10 (14.9) | Survived 3 years | 22 (46.8) |
| III | 3 (4.5) | ||||
| Secondary site | IV | 41 (61.2) | Survived 5 years | 19 (40.4) | |
| No site | 44 (65.7) | ||||
| Lower alveolus | 5 (7.5) | Differentiation | |||
| Ventral tongue | 2 (3.0) | Well | 13 (19.4) | ||
| Soft palate | 1 (1.5) | Well-moderate | 4 (6.0) | ||
| FOM | 5 (7.5) | Moderate | 40 (59.7) | ||
| Moderate-poor | 5 (7.5) | ||||
| Poor | 5 (7.5) |