Table 1 Demographic and clinical data of patients

From: Lymph node density in oral cavity cancer: results of the International Consortium for Outcomes Research

Variable

No. of patients

%

Mean age, year

52.63±14. 6 (14–99)

4254

100

Gender

Male

2815

60.1

Female

1439

39.9

Treatment

Surgery

1297

22

Surgery+RT

2245

58

Surgery+CRT

553

15

Surgery+RT+Erbitux

159

5

Type of neck dissection

Elective

2434

52

Therapeutic

1820

48

Extent of neck dissection

I–III/IV

2746

60.7

I–V

525

13.2

Radical ND

327

9.9

Bilateral ND

656

16

T classification

1

613

13

2

1374

30

3

623

15

4

1644

42

N classification

N0

2268

43.3

N1

652

15.3

N2a

88

2

N2b

988

23.2

N2c

246

6

N3

12

0.2

Overall TNM stage

I

464

9

II

799

13

III

668

16

IV

2323

62

Follow-up (months)

Mean

49.6±44

100

Median

41

 

Range

2–322

 
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