Table I.
Clinicopathological findings of 42 adenoid cystic carcinomas.
| Recurrence
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical characteristics | N | N | χ2 | P-value |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 29 | 11 | 0.25 | >0.05 |
| Male | 13 | 6 | ||
| Age (years) | ||||
| <60 | 15 | 9 | 3.69 | >0.05 |
| ≥60 | 27 | 8 | ||
| Site | ||||
| Major salivary gland | 16 | 6 | 0.21 | >0.05 |
| Minor salivary gland | 22 | 9 | ||
| Other | 4 | 2 | ||
| Pathological type | ||||
| Cribriform | 28 | 11 | 0.79 | 0.67 |
| Tubular | 4 | 1 | ||
| Solid | 10 | 5 | ||
| T stage | ||||
| T1 | 14 | 3 | 10.5 | 0.015 |
| T2 | 15 | 4 | ||
| T3 | 9 | 7 | ||
| T4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Lymph node metastasis | ||||
| Yes | 22 | 10 | 0.48 | >0.05 |
| No | 20 | 7 | ||
| Resection margin positive | ||||
| Yes | 9 | 8 | 0.001 | |
| No | 33 | 9 | Fisher’s Exact Test | |
| Perineural invasion | ||||
| Yes | 19 | 13 | 11.2 | 0.001 |
| No | 23 | 4 | ||
| Treatment | ||||
| Surgery | 30 | 15 | 3.9 | 0.047 |
| Surgery + radiotherapy | 12 | 2 | ||