Table 1 Characteristics of the 19 patients studied
Age range (years) | 43–78 |
Mean age (years) | 63.1 |
Sex (number of patients) | |
 Male | 13 |
 Female | 6 |
Site of primary tumour (number of patients) | |
 Tongue | 6 |
 Gingiva | 7 |
 Buccal mucosa | 4 |
 Oral floor | 1 |
 Soft palate | 1 |
T stage (number of patients) | |
 T2 | 8 |
 T3 | 2 |
 T4 | 9 |
Haemoglobin level | |
 Median. 11.5 g dl−1; range: 8.6–15.7 | |
 Low(⩽11.5g dl−1) | 10 |
 High(>11.5g dl−1) | 9 |
Differentiation (number of patients) | |
 Poor | 10 |
 Moderate | 2 |
 Well | 7 |
Pattern of invasion (number of patients) | |
 II | 3 |
 III | 6 |
 IV | 10 |
Expression of EGFR (number of patients) | |
 Negative | 12 |
 Positive | 7 |
Expression of VEGF (number of patients) | |
 Negative | 8 |
 Positive | 11 |
MVD | |
Median;13 counts unit−1, range; 6–18 | |
 Low (MVD⩽11 counts unit−1) | 7 |
 High (MVD>11 counts unit−1) | 12 |
