Table 1 Patient data of stage I and II OTSCC patients

From: Tenascin-C and fibronectin expression divide early stage tongue cancer into low- and high-risk groups

N (%)

All patients ( n =98)

OUH ( n =59)

KUH ( n =14)

UOPECCAN ( n =8)

CEONC ( n =17)

Patient data, stages I–II

Gender

     

 Male

53 (54)

24 (41)

9 (64)

6 (75)

14 (82)

 Female

45 (46)

35 (59)

5 (36)

2 (25)

3 (18)

Age at diagnosis

     

55

26 (26)

13 (22)

3 (21)

3 (38)

7 (41)

 56–69

33 (34)

15 (25)

7 (50)

4 (50)

7 (41)

70

39 (40)

31 (53)

4 (29)

1 (12)

3 (18)

 Range

32–99

32–99

33–80

45–77

40–80

 Mean

64.18

67.17

62.29

56.50

59

 Median

64

70

63.5

57

59

Follow-up time

     

 Range

1–298

1–298

3–175

6–127

1–139

 Mean

73.65

80.75

72.71

61.38

55.59

 Median

57

64

60

47.5

51

Cause of death

     

 Alive

49 (50)

31 (53)

6 (43)

5 (62)

7 (41)

 Cancer

22 (22)

8 (14)

3 (21)

3 (38)

8 (47)

 Other

27 (28)

20 (33)

5 (36)

2 (12)

Grade

     

 1

28 (28)

24 (41)

4 (29)

 2

37 (38)

32 (54)

5 (36)

 3

6 (6)

3 (5)

3 (21)

 Missing

27 (28)

2 (14)

8 (100)

17 (100)

Neck lymph nodes

     

 Positive

2 (2)

2 (3)

 Negative

96 (98)

57 (97)

14 (100)

8 (100)

17 (100)

Adjuvant therapy

     

 No

67 (69)

47 (80)

7 (50)

3 (37)

10 (59)

 Radiotherapy

22 (22)

9 (15)

7 (50)

2 (26)

4 (23)

 Radio- and chemotherapy

7 (7)

1 (2)

3 (37)

3 (18)

 Missing

2 (2)

2 (3)

Recurrence

     

 Yes

39 (40)

17 (29)

8 (57)

5 (62)

9 (53)

 No

59 (60)

42 (71)

6 (43)

3 (38)

8 (47)

  1. Abbreviations: CEONC=Oncology Center of Cascavel; KUH=Kuopio University Hospital; OTSCC=oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma; OUH=Oulu University Hospital.
  2. Data as combination from all the hospitals, as well as separately from each hospital.