Table 1 Demographic features of patients stratified by age at diagnosis.

From: Effects of surgery on survival of patients aged 75 years or older with oral tongue squamous cell carcinomas

Features

n

%

75–79

80–84

85–102

P

n

n

n

Gender

0.000

Male

534

50.2

241

180

113

 

Female

530

49.8

197

162

171

 

Race

0.098

Caucasian

930

87.4

373

297

260

 

Asian

93

8.7

44

34

15

 

African American

41

3.9

21

11

9

 

Stage

0.002

I–II

701

65.9

263

234

204

 

III–IV

363

34.1

175

108

80

 

T classification

0.327

T1

532

50.0

224

171

137

 

T2

338

31.8

125

117

96

 

T3

115

10.8

47

33

35

 

T4a

76

7.1

40

20

16

 

T4b

3

0.3

2

1

0

 

N classification

0.060

N0

803

75.5

314

260

229

 

N1

121

11.4

68

34

19

 

N2a

4

0.4

1

1

2

 

N2b

107

10.1

44

36

27

 

N2c

23

2.2

10

8

5

 

N3

6

0.6

1

3

2

 

Grade

0.306

1

297

27.9

113

94

90

 

2

579

54.4

248

180

151

 

3

188

17.7

77

68

43

 

Surgery therapy

0.000

Yes

885

83.2

379

287

219

 

No

179

16.8

59

55

65

 

Tumor location

0.683

Dorsal surface of tongue

53

5.0

23

14

16

 

Border of tongue

214

20.1

89

67

58

 

Ventral surface of tongue

124

11.7

58

36

30

 

Anterior 2/3 of tongue

295

27.7

115

107

73

 

Overlapping lesion of tongue

57

5.4

23

14

20

 

Tongue anterior, NOS

321

30.2

130

104

87

 
  1. NOS not otherwise specified.