Clinical relevance of nine transcriptional molecular markers for the diagnosis of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in tissue and saliva rinse

BMC Cancer

Table 1 Clinical and histopathological features of the population: A) tissue sample population; B) saliva sample populations

Table 1-A				Table 1-B
Tissu samples (n = 46)				Saliva samples: Control population (n = 18)
	Median	Min	Max		Median	Min	Max
Age	56.7	41.2	77.7	Age	53	32	71
		Qt	%			Qt	%
Sex	Woman	4	8.7	Sex	Woman	6	33.3
	Men	42	91.3		Men	12	66.6
Site	Larynx	8	17.4
	Oral cavity	8	17.4	*Saliva samples: HNSCC population (n = 51)*
	Hypopharynx	7	15.2		Median	Min	Max
	Oropharynx	23	50	Age	59	41	83
T Stage	1	1	2.2			Qt	%
	2	11	23.9	Sex	Woman	6	11.8
	3	19	41.3		Men	45	88.2
	4	15	32,6
N Stage	0	18	39.1	Site	Larynx	5	9.8
	1	4	8.7		Oral cavity	11	21.7
	2	23	50		Hypopharynx	8	15.7
	3	1	2.2		Oropharynx	27	52.8
M Stage	0	46	100	T Stage	1	6	11.8
	1	0	0		2	12	23.5
					3	14	27.4
Grade	1	13	28.3		4	19	37.3
	2	27	58.7
	3	6	13	N Stage	0	17	33.2
					+	34	66.7
Death	Yes	21	45.7
	No	25	54.3	M Stage	0	50	1.9
					1	1	98.1
Follow-up	Controlled	25	54.3
	Progression	10	21.7
	Recurrence	11	23.9