Table 1.

Demographic and clinicopathological characteristics of the HNSCC patients enrolled in the study (n=60).

	Exophytic n=36 (60%)	Endophytic n=24 (40%)
Median age at diagnosis
<60 yrs	13(36%)	11(46%)
>60 yrs	23 (64%)	13(54%)
Range	48-75	47-78
Gender
Male	34 (94%)	21(87%)
Female	2 (6%)	3 (13%)
Tumor stage
T3	19 (53%)	16 (67%)
T4	17 (47%)	8 (33%)
Tumor Grade
G2	29 (80%)	19 (79%)
G3	7(20%)	5 (21%)
Nodal status
N0	13 (36%)	6 (25 %)
N1	10 (28%)	5(21%)
N2	10 (28%)	12 (54 %)
N3	3 (8%)	0
M status
M0	36(100%)	23(96%)
M1	0	1(4%)
Recurrence
Yes	11(30%)	10(42%)
No	25(70%)	14 (58%)
Bacterial isolates
None	10(27%)	4(16%)
Gram -	3 (8%)	9(38%)
Gram +	21 (58%)	6 (25%)
not determined	2(5%)	5(21%)