Table 1.
Characterization of lingual squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) patients according to histopathology (H-P), histology grade score, clinical stage (TNM classification, AJCC, ed. 8, 2017), based on computed tomography (CT) evaluation, status of human papilloma virus (HPV) infection, smoking and biopsy performed before positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance (PET/MRI) imaging
| No. of pts | H-P | Histology grade score | TNM | HPV status (+/−) |
p16 status (+/−) |
EBV status (+/−) |
Ki67 (%) |
Smoking status |
Biopsy before PET/MRI (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCC | 2 | T4N3M0 | − | − | − | 30 | Yes | No |
| 2 | SCC | 2 | T2N0M0 | − | − | − | 30 | Yes | No |
| 3 | SCC | 2 | T3N2cM0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes (25) |
| 4 | SCC | 2 | T3N2cM0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | No | No |
| 5 | SCC | 2 | T3N0M0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Yes | No |
| 6 | SCC | 2 | T2N1M0 | − | − | − | 20 | No | Yes (17) |
| 7 | SCC | 2 | T4N1M0 | − | − | − | 30 | No | Yes (15) |
| 8 | SCC | 2 | T2N1M0 | − | − | − | 30 | Yes | No |
| 9 | SCC | 1 | T4N2bM0 | + | + | − | 30 | Yes | Yes (20) |
| 10 | SCC | 2 | T1N0M0 | − | − | + | 50 | No | Yes (14) |
N/A not available, pts patients