Table 1.

Basic characteristics of OSCC patients

Characteristics	No. of OSCC patients (n = 120) (%)
Age (yrs): Mean ± SD Range (min to max)	49.48 ± 12.1920 to 67
Sex: Females Males	24 (20.0)96 (80.0)
Performance status(WHO): Poor Good	52 (43.3)68 (56.7)
Site of lesion: Alveolus Buccal mucosa Hard palate Lip RMT Tongue	20 (16.7)37 (30.8)16 (13.3)11 (9.2)17 (14.2)19 (15.8)
Tumor size: T2 T3 T4	2 (1.7)27 (22.5)91 (75.8)
Node status: N0 N1 N2	38 42 (35.0)(31.7)40 (33.3)
Stage: III IV	35 (29.2)85 (70.8)
Histological grade: Poorly differentiated Moderately differentiated Well differentiated	7 (5.8)30 (25.0)83 (69.2)