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. 2022 Dec 1;17:197. doi: 10.1186/s13014-022-02165-5

Table 2.

Comparison of basic characteristics between patients who underwent postoperative radiotherapy [PORT (+)] and those who did not undergo postoperative radiotherapy [PORT (−)]

PORT (+) PORT (−) P value
No % No %
Sex
 Male 57 46.0 24 38.1 0.304
 Female 67 54.0 39 61.9
Location
 Parotid 17 13.7 12 19.0 0.268
 Submandibular 24 19.4 13 20.6
 Sublingual 8 6.5 8 12.7
 Minor salivary gland 75 60.5 30 47.6
Histologic grade
 Grade 1 43 34.7 27 42.9 0.395
 Grade 2 54 43.5 22 34.9
 Grade 3 13 10.5 4 6.3
 Unknown 14 11.3 10 15.9
T stage
 T1 1 0.8 0 0.0 < 0.001
 T2 20 16.1 32 50.8
 T3 42 33.9 20 31.7
 T4 27 21.8 5 7.9
N stage
 N0 110 88.7 63 100.0 0.021
 N1 6 4.8 0 0.0
 N2 8 6.5 0 0.0
Lymph node dissection
 Not performed 90 72.6 41 65.1 0.290
 Performed 34 27.4 22 34.9
Surgical margin
 Positive 86 69.4 18 28.6  < 0.001
 Close 29 23.4 28 44.4
 Negative 9 7.3 17 27.0
Positive margin
 No 38 30.6 45 71.4  < 0.001
 Yes 86 69.4 18 28.6
PNI
 No 52 41.9 43 68.3 0.001
 Yes 72 58.1 20 31.7
LVI
 No 98 79.0 58 92.1 0.024
 Yes 26 21.0 5 7.9
Nerve invasion
 No 113 91.1 60 95.2 0.313
 Yes 11 8.9 3 4.8
Bone invasion
 No 90 72.6 56 88.9 0.011
 Yes 34 27.4 7 11.1

PORT postoperative radiotherapy, PNI perineural invasion, LVI lymphovascular invasion