Table 1.
Baseline features of the patients
| Factor | Number | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 51 |
| Female | 26 | |
| Age | ≥60 | 51 |
| <60 | 26 | |
| T stage | T3 | 57 |
| ≤T2 | 20 | |
| N stage | N0 | 35 |
| N1 | 42 | |
| M stage | M0 | 73 |
| M1 | 4 | |
| TMN stage | ≥II | 63 |
| I | 14 | |
| Tumor sites | Head/Neck | 40 |
| Body/Tail | 37 | |
| Nerve invasion | Yes | 49 |
| No | 28 | |
| Vascular invasion | Yes | 10 |
| No | 67 | |
| Nuclear grade | III | 26 |
| ≤II | 51 |