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Table 2 Clinicopathological data, recurrence data and outcome data from 30 OSCC patients (N = 136 samples, validation set)

From: A gene signature in histologically normal surgical margins is predictive of oral carcinoma recurrence

Variables

N (%)

Age (years)

 

Median (range)

67 (48-81)

Gender

 

Male

21 (70)

Female

9 (30)

Tobacco use

 

Yes

25 (83)

No

5 (17)

Alcohol use

 

Yes

21 (70)

No

9 (30)

Tumor site

 

Tongue

18 (50)

Floor of mouth

8 (27)

Tongue + Floor of mouth

3 (10)

Buccal mucosa

2 (7)

Alveolar

1 (3)

Retromolar

1 (3)

T category

 

T1-T2

14 (47)

T3-T4

16 (53)

Nodal status

 

Negative (N0)

24 (80)

Positive (N1, N2b, N2c)

6 (20)

Tumor stage

 

I, II

13 (43)

III, IV

17 (57)

Tumor grade

 

Moderately differentiated

23 (77)

Poorly differentiated

7 (23)

Recurrence

 

Yes

7 (23)

No

23 (77)

Time to recurrence

 

Median (range)

8 (2-36)

Follow-up

 

Median (range)

21 (1-81)

Outcome

 

Alive with no evidence of disease

23 (77)

Alive with disease

4 (13)

Dead of disease

2 (7)

Dead of other causes

1 (3)