Table 2 Clinical and pathologic characteristics (after elimination)
Surgery only (n = 37), n(%) | Surgery + adjuvant (n = 37), n(%) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 50.6 ± 11.3 | 50.3 ± 8.4 | 0.898 |
Gender | 0.556 | ||
Male | 36 | 35 | |
Female | 1 | 2 | |
Subsite | 0.233 | ||
Tongue | 21 | 22 | |
Buccal | 3 | 3 | |
Floor of mouth | 10 | 11 | |
Gingiva | 1 | 1 | |
Oropharynx | 1 | 0 | |
Lip | 1 | 0 | |
pT | 0.983 | ||
1 | 9 | 9 | |
2 | 23 | 24 | |
3 | 4 | 3 | |
4 | 1 | 1 | |
pN | 0.999 | ||
0 | 2 | 2 | |
1 | 10 | 10 | |
2 | 25 | 25 | |
Pathological differentiation | 0.812 | ||
Well | 15 | 14 | |
Moderately | 22 | 23 | |
Poorly | 0 | 0 | |
Perineural invasion | 0.485 | ||
Positive | 17 | 20 | |
Negative | 20 | 17 | |
Treatment | – | ||
Surgery only | 35 | – | |
Surgery + chemotherapy | 2 | – | |
Surgery + radiotherapy | – | 28 | |
Surgery + chemoradiotherapy | – | 9 | |
Smoking | 0.601 | ||
Yes | 26 | 28 | |
No | 11 | 9 | |
Alcohol | 0.352 | ||
Yes | 21 | 17 | |
No | 16 | 20 | |