Table 1. Summarized clinical information from patients enrolled in the longitudinal liquid biopsy study for the detection of oral squamous cell carcinomas.
| Patient no. | Age | Sex | Primary site | TNM (stage) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LB-001 | 40 | F | Tongue, left | T3N0M0 (III) |
| LB-002* | 67 | F | Mx. gingiva, left | T2N0M0 (II) |
| LB-003 | 52 | M | Mn. gingiva, left | T4bN0M0 (IVb) |
| LB-004 | 73 | F | Mx. gingiva, anterior | T2N0M0 (II) |
| LB-005 | 77 | F | RMT, right | T4aN0M0 (IVa) |
| LB-006 | 63 | M | Mx. gingiva, right | T4aN0M0 (IVa) |
| LB-007* | 57 | F | Cheek, right | T4bN0M0 (IVb) |
| LB-008 | 75 | M | Mx. gingiva, right | T4aN0M0 (IVa) |
| LB-009 | 84 | F | Mx. gingiva, right | T2N0M0 (II) |
| LB-010 | 53 | F | Mn. gingiva, right | T3N0M0 (III) |
| LB-011* | 62 | M | Mn. gingiva, left | T2N0M0 (II) |
Asterisk (*) indicates recurrent tumors at the beginning of the study. The TNM stage was decided based on the 8th edition of the AJCC.