Table 1.
Descriptive statistics in OSCC.
| Age, Years (Mean, SD) | 60.68 (10.19) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| No | % | ||
| Sex | |||
| Male | 88 | 79% | |
| Female | 23 | 21% | |
| TNM stage * | |||
| I | 6 | 5% | |
| II | 25 | 23% | |
| III | 22 | 20% | |
| IVA | 58 | 52% | |
| Smoking | |||
| Smokers | 80 | 72% | |
| Nonsmokers | 25 | 23% | |
| Missing | 6 | 5% | |
| Alcohol consumption | |||
| Drinkers | 57 | 51% | |
| Nondrinkers | 48 | 43% | |
| Missing | 6 | 5% | |
| T stage * | |||
| T1 | 13 | 12% | |
| T2 | 43 | 39% | |
| T3 | 31 | 28% | |
| T4 | 24 | 22% | |
| Nodal status a | |||
| pN0 | 32 | 37% | |
| pN+ | 55 | 63% | |
| Histological differentiation | |||
| High | 23 | 21% | |
| Intermediate | 65 | 59% | |
| Low | 23 | 21% | |
| Perineural invasion | |||
| Confirmed | 24 | 22% | |
| Not confirmed | 87 | 78% | |
| Vascular invasion | |||
| Confirmed | 10 | 9% | |
| Not confirmed | 101 | 91% | |
| Resection margins | |||
| Positive | 17 | 15% | |
| Negative | 94 | 85% | |
| Loco-regional recurrence | |||
| Present | 44 | 40% | |
| Absent | 67 | 60% | |
| Follow-up | |||
| Alive | 77 | 69% | |
| Dead due to disease | 34 | 31% | |
a neck dissection was performed in 87 patients; * AJCC, Eighth Edition.