Table 1.

Clinicopathological characteristics of patients.

Variables	Frequency (n = 19)
Age
>40	15 (78.9%)
≤40	4 (21.1%)
Gender
Male	16 (84.2%)
Female	3 (15.8%)
Habits
Chewed tobacco	12 (63.1%)
Smoked tobacco	6 (31.6%)
No habit	1 (5.3%)
Tumour site
Buccal mucosa	8 (42.1%)
Mandible	3 (15.8%)
Tongue	3 (15.8%)
Retromolar trigone	3 (15.8%)
Maxilla	2 (10.5%)
Tumour size
pT2	4 (21.1%)
pT3	7 (36.8%)
pT4a	8 (42.1%)
Tumour grade
Well differentiated	3 (15.8%)
Moderately differentiated	12 (63.2%)
Poorly differentiated	4 (21.1%)
Nodal Status
Yes	12 (63.2%)
No	7 (36.8%)
pTNM∗staging
pT2, pN0, pMx	2 (10.5%)
pT2, pN1, pMx	2 (10.5%)
pT3, pN0, pMx	1 (5.3%)
pT3, pN1, pMx	1 (5.3%)
pT3, pN2a, pMx	1 (5.3%)
pT3, pN2b, pMx	4 (21.1%)
pT4a, pN0, pMx	4 (21.1%)
pT4a, pN1, pMx	2 (10.5%)
pT4a, pN2b, pMx	2 (10.5%)

^∗pTNM = pathological tumour node metastasis staging College of American Pathologists (CAP) protocol for lip & oral cavity cancer).