Table 1 Clinical and pathological characteristics of all participants

From: Expression of p53, p21 CIP1/WAF1 and eIF4E in the adjacent tissues of oral squamous cell carcinoma: establishing the molecular boundary and a cancer progression model

Case information

Cancer (n=50)

Normal (n=20)

Ages/years

31–73 (median: 54)

33–68 (median: 50)

Gender

  

 Male

32

14

 Female

18

6

Sites

  

 Tongue

28

5

 Bucca

22

15

Tumor classification

  

 T1

8

NA

 T2

32

NA

 T3

8

NA

 T4

2

NA

Lymphatic metastasis

  

 N0

4

NA

 N1

6

NA

 N2

40

NA

 N3

0

NA

Distant metastasis

0

NA

Tumor grading

  

 I

16

NA

 II

32

NA

 III

2

NA

Post-treatment Recurrence

12

NA

Post-treatment Metastasis

0

NA

  1. NA, not applied.