Clinical significance of erythropoietin receptor expression in oral squamous cell carcinoma

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Table 3 Correlation between the 5-year disease-specific survival rate and clinicopathological features in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC)

Variables	Number of patients	5-Year disease-specific survival rate (%)	p-Value
Gender
Male	239	64.8	0.174
Female	17	81.9
EPOR
Low expression	146	73.5	0.0017*
High expression	110	55.9
Age, years
<60	202	67.9	0.142
≥60	54	58.6
T classification
T1, T2	94	81.9	<0.001*
T3, T4	162	56.6
N classification
Negative	153	79.4	<0.001*
Positive	103	45.8
TNM stage
I, II	66	90.9	<0.001*
III, IV	190	57.2

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