Table 3.
Pattern of recurrence in patients with oral cancer who underwent surgery during June 2009–June 2013 at Malabar Cancer Centre, Thalassery, Kerala, India
| Variable | Pattern of recurrence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No recurrence | Loco-regional recurrence | Distant metastasis | |||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Pathological T stage | Early | 81 | 87.1 | 10 | 10.8 | 2 | 2.2 |
| Advanced | 14 | 70 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 15 | |
| Pathological node stage | No neck dissection | 11 | 84.6 | 2 | 15.4 | 0 | 0 |
| pN0 | 123 | 86.6 | 14 | 9.9 | 5 | 3.5 | |
| pN1 | 24 | 80.0 | 5 | 16.7 | 1 | 3.3 | |
| pN2 | 22 | 62.9 | 10 | 28.6 | 3 | 8.6 | |
| Extracapsular spread | Yes (n = 17) | 11 | 64.7 | 3 | 17.6 | 3 | 17.6 |
| Postoperative radiotherapy | Yes (n = 108) | 85 | 78.7 | 19 | 17.6 | 4 | 3.7 |
| No (n = 113) | 95 | 84.1 | 13 | 11.6 | 5 | 4.4 | |