Table 1.
Comparison of clinicopathological features between local and radical excision
| Characteristics | Local excision n = 70, n (%) |
Radical excision n = 84, n (%) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 0.056 | ||
| ≤ 60 | 30 (42.9%) | 49 (58.3%) | |
| > 60 | 40 (57.1%) | 35 (41.7%) | |
| Gender | 0.744 | ||
| Male | 41 (58.6%) | 47 (56.0%) | |
| Female | 29 (41.4%) | 37 (44.0%) | |
| Race | 0.923 | ||
| White | 41 (58.6%) | 49 (58.3%) | |
| Black | 11 (15.7%) | 15 (17.9%) | |
| Other | 18 (25.7%) | 20 (23.8%) | |
| Differentiation | 0.603 | ||
| Well/moderately | 16 (22.9%) | 18 (21.4%) | |
| Poorly/undifferentiated | 7 (10.0%) | 13 (15.5%) | |
| Unknown | 47 (67.1%) | 53 (63.1%) | |
| T classification | < 0.001 | ||
| T1–2 | 27 (38.6%) | 7 (8.3%) | |
| T3–4 | 6 (8.6%) | 16 (19.0%) | |
| Unknown | 37 (52.9%) | 61 (72.6%) | |
| N classification | 0.002 | ||
| N0 | 35 (50.0%) | 22 (26.2%) | |
| N+/unknown | 35 (50.0%) | 62 (73.8%) | |
| Tumor size, cm | 0.222 | ||
| ≤ 3 | 41 (58.6%) | 40 (47.6%) | |
| > 3 | 10 (14.3%) | 10 (11.9%) | |
| Unknown | 19 (27.1%) | 34 (40.5%) | |
| Regional LN surgery | < 0.001 | ||
| No | 53 (75.7%) | 15 (17.9%) | |
| Yes | 3 (4.3%) | 43 (51.2%) | |
| Unknown | 14 (20.0%) | 26 (31.0%) | |
| Chemotherapy | 0.702 | ||
| No | 38 (54.3%) | 43 (51.2%) | |
| Yes | 32 (45.7%) | 41 (48.8%) | |
| Radiotherapy | 0.816 | ||
| No | 52 (74.3%) | 61 (72.6%) | |
| Yes | 18 (25.7%) | 23 (27.4%) | |
LN lymph node