Table 2 Correlation between clinical and pathological tumor staging in 379 patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma
Stage discrepancy within clinical stage strata | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
p1 | p2 | p3 | p4 | Totals | Upstaged (all) | No changed (all) | Downstaged (all) | |
c1 | 109(82.6) | 11(8.3) | 4(3.0) | 8(6.0) | 132 | 23(17.4) | 109 (82.6) | - |
c2 | 16(14.0) | 55(48.2) | 20(17.5) | 23(20.2) | 114 | 43(37.8) | 55(48.2) | 16(14.0) |
c3 | 4(7.0) | 4(7.0) | 25(43.9) | 24(42.1) | 57 | 24(42.1) | 25(43.9) | 8(14.0) |
c4 | 1(1.3) | 2(2.6) | 4(5.3) | 69(90.8) | 76 | 69(90.8) | 7(9.2) | |