Table 3.

Postoperative courses among AYA and control patients with OTSCC.

	Patients n (%)
Variable	AYA group n = 101	Control group n = 175	P value
Local recurrence
No	95	167	.777
Yes	6 (5.9)	8 (4.6)
Occult cervical lymph node metastasis
No	80	141	.876
Yes	21 (20.8)	34 (19.4)
Distant metastasis
No	95	169	.366
Yes	6 (5.9)	6 (3.4)