Skip to main content
. 2013 Oct 29;110(2):489–500. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2013.639

Table 3. LRs for 3-year death from OPSCC.

  Prognostic values for prediction of death from OPSCC at 3 years
  HPV-positive OPSCC
HPV-negative OPSCC
  DR % (21 deaths) FPR % (95 alive) LR DR % (41 deaths) FPR % (53 alive) LR
Age, years
⩾50 57.1 72.6 0.79 85.4 81.1 1.05
⩾55 47.6 51.6 0.92 73.2 58.5 1.25
⩾60
47.6
30.5
1.56
61.0
35.8
1.70
Gender
Male
81.0
66.3
1.22
85.4
62.3
1.37
Smoking
Smoker >10/day
77.8
27.9
2.78
71.4
66.7
1.07
Alcohol
Drinker
72.2
86.1
0.84
75.9
87.5
0.86
Stage
⩾II, III, IV 100.0 97.9 1.02 97.6 73.6 1.33
⩾III, IV 95.2 93.7 1.02 80.5 56.6 1.42
IV
90.5
76.8
1.18
68.3
41.5
1.65
T stage
>T3, T4
57.1
23.4
2.44
43.9
28.8
1.52
Nodal metastases
Yes
95.2
88.4
1.08
78.0
45.3
1.72
N stage
>N2b
76.2
49.5
1.54
58.5
30.2
1.94
Differentiation
Moderate, poor 95.2 98.9 0.96 100.0 98.1 1.02
Poor
66.7
74.7
0.89
53.7
34.0
1.58
EGFR
Positive
66.7
52.6
1.27
78.0
75.5
1.03
TILs
Low, moderate 90.0 46.8 1.92 85.4 84.9 1.01
Low 35.0 10.6 3.30 53.7 41.5 1.29

Abbreviations: DR=detection rate; FPR=false-positive rate; HPV=human papillomavirus; LR=likelihood ratio; OPSCC=oropharyngeal cancer; TIL=tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte.