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Table 5 Characteristics of patients with positive MMP1 salivary test

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

Patient

Tumor site

T stage

N stage

M stage

1

Oral cavity

1

0

0

2

Oral cavity

4a

2b

0

3

Oral cavity

4a

2c

0

4

Oropharynx

2

0

0

5

Oropharynx

2

2b

0

6

Oropharynx

3

2b

0

7

Oropharynx

4a

0

0

8

Oropharynx

4a

2c

0

9

Oropharynx

4a

2c

1

10

Hypopharynx

3

2b

0

  1. Tumor sites and TNM stages of the 10 patients with detectable levels of MMP1 in their saliva rinse.