Table 1 Patient and tumor characteristics of patients with tongue squamous cell carcinoma
From: Survival of oral tongue cancer in low middle-income country: a cohort study
Variable | Frequency (percentage) (n = 131) |
|---|---|
Age (years)a | 49.41 ± 12.98 |
Gender | |
Male | 85 (65.9) |
Female | 44 (33.6) |
Deptha | 0.97 ± 0.64 |
Side | |
Right | 69 (52.7) |
Left | 62 (47.3) |
Neck dissection | |
Radical | 18 (15.0) |
Modified radical | 83 (69.2) |
Supraomohyoid | 9 (7.5) |
Selective | 9 (7.5) |
Functional | 1 (0.8) |
Contralateral neck dissection | |
Radical | 1 (1.8) |
Modified radical | 12 (21.8) |
Supraomohyoid | 18 (32.7) |
Selective | 24 (43.6) |
Tumor grade | |
Well differentiated | 45 (34.6) |
Moderately differentiated | 80 (61.5) |
Poorly differentiated | 5 (3.8) |
Surgical argins | |
Clear | 74 (58.3) |
Close | 41 (32.3) |
Involved | 12 (9.4) |
Perineural invasion | |
Yes | 3 (2.3) |
No | 94 (72.3) |
Not mentioned | 33 (25.4) |
Perivascular invasion | |
Yes | 5 (3.9) |
No | 119 (93.7) |
Not mentioned | 2 (1.6) |
T stage | |
T1 | 43 (33.9) |
T2 | 70 (55.1) |
T3 | 11 (8.7) |
T4a | 3 (2.4) |
N stage | |
Nx | 0 (0.0) |
N0 | 75 (57.7) |
N1 | 20 (15.3) |
N2a | 1 (0.8) |
N2b | 26 (19.8) |
N2c | 8(6.2) |
Stage | |
I | 34 (26.8) |
II | 38 (29.9) |
III | 21 (16.5) |
IVa | 34 (26.8) |