Table I.
Clinicopathological characteristics of patients (n=25).
| Variables | Number |
|---|---|
| Age, years | |
| Median (range) | 62 (26–85) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 13 |
| Female | 12 |
| Primary site | |
| Tongue | 18 |
| Retromolar trigone | 3 |
| Buccal mucosa | 2 |
| Floor of the mouth | 1 |
| Gingiva | 1 |
| Surface configuration | |
| Exophytic | 6 |
| Ulcerative | 5 |
| Indurated | 7 |
| Leukoplakic/Erythroplakic | 7 |
| pT stage | |
| T1-T2 | 23 |
| T3-T4 | 2 |
| Differentiation | |
| Well | 20 |
| Moderate | 4 |
| Poor | 1 |
| Pathological cervical lymph node metastases | |
| Negative | 22 |
| Positive | 3 |
| Pattern of invasion | |
| Low | 23 |
| High | 2 |
| Surgical margin | |
| Negative | 22 |
| Positive | 3 |
| PORT | |
| No | 22 |
| Yes | 3 |
| Locoregional recurrence | |
| Negative | 22 |
| Positive | 3 |
| Prognosis | |
| NED | 22 |
| AWD | 1 |
| DOD | 1 |
| DOC | 1 |
PORT, postoperative radiotherapy; NED, no evidence of disease; AWD, alive with disease; DOD, dead of disease; DOC, dead of other causes.