Table 1 Clinicopathologic characteristics of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma.
Parameter | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Total | 291 |
Age, years | |
Median (range) | 63 (24–91) |
< 63 years | 142 (48.8) |
≥ 63 years | 149 (51.2) |
Sex | |
Male | 108 (37.1) |
Female | 183 (62.9) |
Smoking history | |
Yes | 183 (62.9) |
No | 108 (37.1) |
Alcohol history | |
Yes | 161 (54.9) |
No | 132 (45.1) |
CCI | |
0–2 points | 283 (97.3) |
≥ 3 points | 8 (2.7) |
Location of primary tumor | |
Tongue | 77 (26.5) |
FOM | 22 (7.6) |
RMT | 36 (12.4) |
Mandibular gingiva | 85 (29.2) |
Lip | 7 (2.4) |
Buccal cheek mucosa | 42 (14.4) |
Maxilla | 22 (7.6) |
AJCC pT categories | |
pT1 | 78 (26.8) |
pT2 | 85 (29.2) |
pT3 | 35 (12.0) |
pT4a | 91 (31.3) |
pT4b | 2 (0.7) |
AJCC pN categories | |
pN0 | 199 (68.4) |
pN1 | 21 (7.2) |
pN2 | 35 (12.0) |
pN3 | 36 (12.4) |
AJCC staging | |
I | 67 (23.0) |
II | 63 (21.6) |
III | 35 (12.0) |
IVA | 89 (30.6) |
IVB | 37 (12.7) |
Adverse pathologic features | |
Lymphovascular permeation | 39 (13.4) |
Perineural invasion | 33 (11.3) |
Extranodal extension | 40 (13.7) |
NA | 1 (0.3) |
Resection margin status | |
Positive | 28 (9.6) |
Close (\(\le\) 5 mm) | 93 (32.0) |
Negative (> 5 mm) | 169 (58.1) |
NA | 1 (0.3) |
Adjuvant therapy | |
RTx alone | 53 (18.2) |
CTx alone | 2 (0.7) |
CCRT | 65 (22.3) |
None | 171 (58.8) |
Relapse | |
Loco-regional relapse | 66 (22.7) |
Distant relapse | 1 (0.3) |
None | 224 (77.0) |
Survival status | |
Alive | 241 (82.8) |
Dead | 50 (17.2) |
