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. 2015 Feb 15;13:51. doi: 10.1186/s12957-015-0460-6

Table 7.

Size of lymph node and metastasis in squamous cell carcinoma of lip

Size of cervical node
1–3 mm p value a 4–6 mm p value a 7–9 mm p value a 10–30 mm p value a >30 mm p value a
+ + + + +
4 39 7 43 8 59 26 52 0 0
Clinical staging 0.344 0.492 0.238 0.015 NA
  Stage I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Stage II 0 14 1 16 1 17 15 15 0 0
  Stage III 2 12 3 14 2 23 8 16 0 0
  Stage IV 2 13 3 13 5 19 3 21 0 0
Tumor size 0.804 0.832 0.832 0.081 NA
  ≤ 1.0 cm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  1.1–2.0 cm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  2.1–3.0 cm 2 14 3 17 3 18 13 15 0 0
  3.1–4.0 cm 1 16 2 17 2 21 7 19 0 0
  > 4.0 cm 1 9 2 9 3 20 6 24 0 0
Pathologic differentiation 0.776 0.709 0.907 <0.001 NA
  Well differentiated 1 14 2 18 3 18 6 27 0 0
  Moderately differentiated 2 11 2 14 2 18 4 19 0 0
  Poorly differentiated 1 10 2 9 2 11 10 4 0 0
Undifferentiated 0 4 1 2 1 12 6 2 0 0

aChi-square test or Fisher’ s exact test.

+ metastasis of SCC to cervical node, − no metastasis of SCC to cervical node.