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Table 1 Clinical patient characteristics

From: The impact of close surgical margins on recurrence in oral squamous cell carcinoma

 

Surgery Alone

n = 112 (60%)

Surgery + Adjuvant

n = 75 (40%)

P-value

GENDER

  

NS

 Male

64 (34%)

51 (27%)

 

 Female

48 (26%)

24 (13%)

 

Age (mean)

61

62

NS

Risk Factors

  

.01

 Never smoker

36 (20%)

12 (6%)

 

 Smoker

74 (40%)

65 (34%)

 

TNM STAGING

   

 Low T (1 and 2)

94 (50%)

32 (17%)

.01

 High T (3 and 4)

18 (10%)

43 (23%)

 

 N negative

94 (50%)

21 (11%)

.01

 N positive

16 (9%)

33 (18%)

 

 N positive w/ ECS

2 (1%)

21 (11%)

 

Cancer Stage

.01

 Low (stage 1/2)

81 (43%)

3 (2%)

 

 High (stage 3/4)

31 (17%)

72 (38%)

 

LVI

.01

 Yes

3 (2%)

13 (6%)

 

 No

90 (48%)

53 (29%)

 

 Not reported

19 (10%)

9 (5%)

 

PNI

.01

 Yes

10 (5%)

33 (18%)

 

 No

79 (42%)

34 (18%)

 

 Not Reported

23 (13%)

8 (4%)

 

Final Margin

.01

 Negative

70 (37%)

35 (18%)

 

 Close

36 (19%)

34 (18%)

 

 Positive

1 (1%)

5 (3%)

 

 Not reported

5 (3%)

1 (1%)