Table 2.
Demographic data of patients
| No. of patients | |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 63 |
| Female | 27 |
| Site | |
| Tongue | 47 |
| Buccal mucosa | 33 |
| Grade | |
| Well differentiated | 63 |
| Moderate + poorly differentiated | 27 |
| Lymphovascular invasion | |
| Negative | 85 |
| Positive | 5 |
| Perineural Spread | |
| Negative | 83 |
| Positive | 7 |
| Frozen section report: margin status | |
| Negative | 75 |
| Involved | 15 |
| Histopathology: marginal status | |
| Negative | 79 |
| Involved | 11 |
| Recurrence | 12 |
| Local + neck recurrence | 2 |
| Local recurrence | 5 |
| Neck recurrence (only) | 5 |
| Absent | 78 |