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Table 2 The demographic data and clinicopathological information of the patients whose tongue leukoplakia treated by carbon dioxide laser transformed into carcinoma

From: An anatomical perspective on clinicopathological characteristics and treatment outcomes of dorsal and ventrolateral tongue leukoplakia after carbon dioxide laser surgery

Gender

Age

Smoking

Drinking

Betel

Oral tongue leukoplakia

Oral squamous cell carcinoma

Location

Multifocus

Area (mm2)

Candida infection

Pathology

Recurrence

Follow-up time (years)

TNM stage (AJCC, 8th)

Time to develop carcinoma (years)

Male

42.0

Smoker

No

Ex-chewer

Dorsal tongue, right

Yes

5.1

No

Mild dysplasia

No

5.32

T1N0M0, stage I

4.56

Male

62.0

Ex-smoker

Ex-drinker

Ex-chewer

Dorsal tongue, left

No

0.15

No

Severe dysplasia

No

4.45

T3N1M0, stage III

1.82

Male

53.0

No

No

No

Ventrolateral tongue, right

Yes

3

No

Moderate dysplasia

Yes

3.64

T1N0M0, stage I

2.01

Male

55.0

Smoker

No

Ex-chewer

Ventrolateral tongue, left

No

1.8

No

Moderate dysplasia

No

6.31

T1N0M0, stage I

5.01