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. 2018 Oct 29;13(10):e0205518. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205518

Table 1. HPV diagnosis, histopathological stages and grades of fresh oral cancer biopsies.

Characteristics Differentiation/Stage No. of Cases HPV16+ve HPV-ve
Cancerous (n = 12) WDSCC 5 4 1
MDSCC 3 1 2
PDSCC 4 - 4
TNM Staging Stage I-II 6 3 3
Stage III-IV 6 2 4

Abbreviations: WDSCC; well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma, MDSCC; moderately-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma, PDSCC; poorly-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma.