MicroRNA expression profile in head and neck cancer: HOX-cluster embedded microRNA-196a and microRNA-10b dysregulation implicated in cell proliferation

Table 1 Clinical and pathological data of patients in this study

Patient	Site	Gender	Age (yr)	Pathologic stage	Histological differentiation
1	OC-FOM	Male	72	T2N0M0	Moderate
2	OC-T	Male	55	T3N0M0	Moderate
3	OC-FOM	Male	75	T2N0M0	Moderate
4	OC-FOM	Male	46	T1N2bM0	Well
5	OC-T	Male	66	T3N0M0	Moderate
6	OC-T	Male	59	T2N2cM0	Well
7	OC-T	Male	49	T4aN2bM0	Well
8	OC-FOM	Male	53	T4aN1M0	Moderate
9	OC-T	Female	82	T1N0M0	Well
10	OC-FOM	Male	69	T4aN2cM0	Moderate
11	OC-T	Male	52	T3N2cM0	Moderate
12	OC-FOM	Male	59	T4aN2bM0	Moderate
13	OC-FOM	Male	56	T4aN3M0	Moderate
14	OC-FOM	Male	51	T2N0M0	Moderate
15	OC-FOM	Male	54	T4aN2bM0	Well
16	OC-T	Male	55	T2N0M0	Moderate
17	OC-T	Male	43	T3N0M0	Moderate
18	OP-BOT	Male	47	T4aN0M0	Well
19	OC-FOM	Male	64	T4aN2cM0	Moderate
20	OC-T	Male	57	T4aN2bM0	Moderate
21	OC-FOM	Male	67	T3N0M0	Well
22	L	Male	64	T3N0M0	Moderate
23	OC-FOM	Male	44	T2N2bM0	Well
24	OC-FOM	Male	63	T3N2cM0	Moderate
25	OC-FOM	Male	40	T4aN0M0	Moderate
26	OC-FOM	Male	45	T4aN2cM0	Well
27	OC-FOM	Male	51	T4aN1M0	Moderate
28	OC-FOM	Male	56	T4aN0M0	Well
29	L	Male	68	T2N0M0	Well
30	OC-FOM	Male	63	T3N0M0	Moderate
31	OC-FOM	Male	46	T4aN3M0	Well
32	OC-FOM	Male	68	T4aN1M0	Well
33	OC-FOM	Male	40	T4aN2cM0	Moderate
34	OC-FOM	Male	61	T2N2bM0	Moderate
35	OP-BOT	Male	41	T3N0M0	Moderate
36	OC-FOM	Male	62	T3N0M0	Moderate
37	OP-BOT	Male	55	T2N3M0	Moderate
38	OP-BOT	Male	51	T3N3M0	Moderate
39	OC-FOM	Female	46	T2N0M0	Well
40	OP-BOT	Male	48	T2N2cM0	Moderate

OC-T, oral cavity – tongue; OC-FOM, oral cavity - floor of mouth; OP-BOT, oropharynx – Base of tongue; L, larynx. Patients 1–15 were used for microRNA gene expression profiling by means of microarray analysis.

ISSN: 1471-2407