Table 1.
Clinical-pathologic characteristics of study population
| Patients (n=49) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Gender | Age at diagnosis (Years) | ||
| Male | 39 (80) | <60 | 24 (49) |
| Female | 10 (20) | ≥60 | 25 (51) |
| Anatomic Subsite | Invasion peri(neural) | ||
| Tongue | 26 (53) | Yes | 26 (53) |
| Floor of the mouth | 12 (25) | No | 20 (41) |
| Retromolar Trigone | 4 (8) | NA | 3 (6) |
| Jugal Mucosa | 2 (4) | Differentiation | |
| Palate | 2 (4) | Well | 38 (78) |
| Alveolar ridge | 3 (6) | Moderate | 9 (18) |
| Tobacco | Poor | 1 (2) | |
| Yes | 31 (63) | NA | 1 (2) |
| No | 15 (31) | Margins | |
| NA | 3 (6) | R0 | 29 (59) |
| Alcohol | R1 | 16 (33) | |
| Yes | 29 (59) | NA | 4 (8) |
| No | 15 (31) | HPV | |
| NA | 5 (10) | Positive | 1 (2) |
| TNM stage | Negative | 48 (98) | |
| I | 9 (18) | Vital status | |
| II | 14 (29) | Relapses/Metastasis in follow-up | 16 (33) |
| III | 7 (14) | Dead - OSCC | 14 (29) |
| IV | 19 (39) | Dead-non-OSCC | 1 (2) |
| Treatment | |||
| surgery alone | 13 (27) | ||
| Surgery + RT | 26 (53) | ||
| Surgery + RT + QT | 6 (12) | ||
| NA | 4 (8) | ||
NA- Not Available; RT - Radiotherapy; QT - Chemotherapy