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Table 2 Surgical and cancer characteristics

From: Decreasing loco-regional recurrence for oral cavity cancer with total Mohs margins technique

Characteristics

Conventional

Mohs

p-values

Cancer Stage (%)

0.216a

 0

5.3

3.3

 

 I

19.3

25.0

 

 II

15.8

26.7

 

 III

31.6

15.0

 

 IV

28.1

30.0

 

Infiltrative (%)

75.4

84.6

0.2332b

Number of margins taken after primary resection (%)

<0.0001a

 0 margin

87.7

31.7

 

 1 margin

8.8

60.0

 

 2 margins

3.5

5.0

 

 3 margins

0

3.3

 

Location of positive margins (%)

0.0861b

 Floor of mouth

42.9

24.3

 

 Tongue base

28.65

5.4

 

 Deep margin

14.3

48.6

 

 Other

14.3

21.6

 

Margins > 2 mm (%)

83.6

91.7

0.1883b

Closest margins dimension (mm)

3.949

(3.378; 4.520) 95% CI

2.785

(2.311; 3.258) 95% CI

0.0003b

Mild dysplasia close to margin (%)

31.6

15.4

0.0475b

Perineural or perivascular invasion (%)

21.1

29.6

0.2984b

Positive nodes dissection (%)

40.0

43.2

0.7547b

Zones for positive nodes (%)

  

0.8860a

 I

20.0

15.4

 

 II

33.3

46.2

 

 III and further

46.7

38.5

 

Capsular spreading (%)

15.8 (3/19)

35.3 (6/17)

0.2553a

Radiation therapy (%)

54.4

35.6

0.04191b

Radiation +/− Chemotherapy (%)

57.9

47.5

0.2604b

Time for cancer recurrence (median, days, IQR)

390.2

(234.8; 545.5)

182.5

(80.7; 284.3)

0.0832b

Follow-up time (median, days IQR)

2162

(1200, 2812)

1093

(532,4; 1444)

0.0100b

Cancer recurrence according to initial stages (% of recurrence)

 I

31.25

25

0.0913a

 II

0

12.5

 

 III

67.50

25

 

 IV

31.25

37.5

 
  1. aFicher exact test
  2. bChi-square test