Table 1.

Clinicopathological features (cohort A).

	F. nucleatum expression		P value
	Low (n = 85)	High (n = 35)
Mean age ± SD	67 (41–86)	65 (48–89)	0.78
Sex			0.69
Male	73	31
Female	12	4
Location			0.83
Upper	59	25
Lower	26	10
T stage			0.014
T1	13	3
T2	16	1
T3, T4	56	31
N stage			0.78
N0	6	3
N1–3	79	32
Chemotherapy regimen			0.78
Docetaxel + CDDP + 5-FU	80	30
CDDP + 5-FU	5	5