Table 2.
Oral cavity cancer patients’ characteristics.
| Number of Cases | |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | |
| Median | 58 |
| Range | 23–87 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 97 |
| Female | 20 |
| Localization | |
| Tongue | 27 |
| Floor of the mouth | 35 |
| Gingivae | 12 |
| Buccal mucosa | 7 |
| Retromolar trigone | 3 |
| Lips | 2 |
| Hard palate | 1 |
| Unknown | 30 |
| Histological grade | |
| Well differentiated | 44 |
| Moderately differentiated | 53 |
| Poorly differentiated | 19 |
| Unknown | 1 |
| TNM stage | |
| T1-2 | 79 |
| T3-4 | 31 |
| Unknown | 7 |
| Risk factors | |
| Alcohol | |
| Non-drinker | 47 |
| Drinker | 49 |
| Unknown | 21 |
| Tobacco | |
| Non-smoker | 40 |
| Smoker | 57 |
| Unknown | 20 |
| HPV status | |
| HPV−ve | 65 |
| HPV+ve/p16+ | 6 |
| HPV+ve/p16- | 42 |
| HPV+ve/p16 unknown | 4 |
| Recurrence | |
| Yes | 44 |
| None | 59 |
| Unknown | 14 |
| Clinical follow-up (months) | |
| Median | 32 |
| Range | 1–188 |