Table 1.

(A) Disease type and HLA-A2 status of patients recruited in this study. (B) Demographic data of HLA-A2 patients.

Variables	Sample size, n (%)
A
Total patients	41 (100.0)
Disease
NPC	29 (70.7)
OSCC	12 (29.3)
HLA type
A2	20 (48.8)
Non A2	21 (51.2)
B
Disease
NPC	16 (80.0)
OSCC	4 (20.0)
Age (median, 48.5; range, 30–67)
≤ 40	3 (15.0)
> 40	17 (85.0)
Ethnicity
Chinese	16 (80.0)
Malay	2 (10.0)
Indian	2 (10.0)
Gender
Male	17 (85.0)
Female	3 (15.0)
Overall staging
Early stage (Stage I and II)	4 (20.0)
Late stage (Stage III and IV)	16 (80.0)