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TABLE 3.

Differences in nuclear features determined in tissue samples from primary tumors and neck metastases, according to clinical characteristics and treatment outcome. Differences at p<0.05 are marked with +

Nuclear features	Clinical characteristics of patients
	Primary tumor site		TNM stage		Regional response¹		Regional recurrence		Distant metastases		New primary tumor
	PT	NM	PT	NM	PT	NM	PT	NM	PT	NM	PT	NM
Morphometric		+				+			+		+
Photometric			+			+			+	+
Discrete		+		+		+			+		+
Markovian			+						+
Non-Markovian		+	+	+			+		+		+
Fractal						+			+		+
Run-length		+				+

PT, Primary tumor; NM, Neck metastasis

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At 8–12 weeks post-therapy