Clinical significance of erythropoietin receptor expression in oral squamous cell carcinoma

BMC Cancer

Table 2 Correlation between the 5-year overall survival rate and clinicopathological features in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC)

Variables	Number of patients	5-year overall survival rate (%)	p-Value
Gender
Male	239	60.8	0.1
Female	17	81.9
EPOR
Low expression	146	69.6	0.0011*
High expression	110	51.5
Age, years
<60	202	64.5	0.0685
≥60	54	51.9
T classification
T1, T2	94	79.8	<0.001*
T3, T4	162	50.7
N classification
Negative	153	75	<0.001*
Positive	103	41.2
TNM stage
I, II	66	89.4	<0.001*
III, IV	190	52.2

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