Table 1.
Distribution category | Total number | IHC reactivity | |||
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Positive (n) | Negative (n) | % of positive reactivity | P | ||
Site |
0.282 NS |
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Alveolus | 11 | 07 | 04 | 63.63 | |
Buccal mucosa | 13 | 05 | 08 | 38.46 | |
Tongue | 15 | 05 | 10 | 33.33 | |
Lip | 01 | 01 | 00 | 100 | |
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Clinical staging |
0.867 NS |
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Stage I | 06 | 03 | 03 | 50 | |
Stage II | 07 | 04 | 03 | 57.14 | |
Stage III | 13 | 05 | 08 | 38.4 | |
Stage IV | 14 | 06 | 08 | 42.8 | |
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Histopathological differentiation | |||||
WDSCC | 13 | 09 | 04 | 69.23 | 0.011 S |
MDSCC | 16 | 08 | 08 | 50 | |
PDSCC | 11 | 01 | 10 | 9.09 | |
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OSCC (total) | 40 | 18 | 22 | 45 |