Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Characteristic |
Number |
% |
|---|---|---|
| (N = 48) | ||
| Gender |
|
|
| Male |
36 |
75.0 |
| Female |
12 |
25.0 |
| Age |
|
|
| <55 |
20 |
41.7 |
| ≥55 |
28 |
58.3 |
| Differentiation |
|
|
| Well-differentiation |
24 |
50.0 |
| Moderately |
20 |
41.7 |
| Poorly |
4 |
8.3 |
| Clinical stage |
|
|
| I |
10 |
20.8 |
| II |
2 |
4.2 |
| III |
21 |
43.7 |
| IV |
15 |
31.3 |
| T-stage |
|
|
| T1 |
22 |
45.8 |
| T2 |
23 |
47.9 |
| T3 |
1 |
2.1 |
| T4 |
2 |
4.2 |
| Recurrence |
|
|
| No |
33 |
68.7 |
| Yes |
15 |
31.3 |
| Lymph node involvement |
|
|
| No |
11 |
22.9 |
| Yes | 37 | 77.1 |