Table 1 Characteristics of 110 patients with buccal mucosa carcinoma.
From: Buccal mucosa carcinoma: surgical margin less than 3 mm, not 5 mm, predicts locoregional recurrence
Variable | Number of patients | % |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
≤50 | 44 | 40.0 |
>50 | 66 | 60.0 |
Gender | ||
Male | 103 | 93.6 |
Female | 7 | 6.4 |
pT | ||
pT1-2 | 70 | 63.6 |
pT3-4 | 40 | 36.4 |
pN | ||
pN0 | 84 | 76.4 |
pN1-3 | 26 | 23.6 |
Pathology stage | ||
I-II | 56 | 50.9 |
III-IV | 54 | 49.1 |
Histologic differentiation | ||
Well | 6 | 5.5 |
Moderately | 90 | 81.8 |
Poorly | 12 | 10.9 |
NOS | 2 | 1.8 |
Surgical margin | ||
Positive | 6 | 5.5 |
Negative | 104 | 94.5 |
Treatment | ||
S | 32 | 29.1 |
S+RT | 38 | 34.5 |
S+CCRT | 40 | 36.4 |
Smoking | ||
No | 16 | 14.5 |
Yes | 93 | 84.5 |
Unknown | 1 | 1.0 |
Betel nut chewing | ||
No | 15 | 13.6 |
Yes | 93 | 84.5 |
Unknown | 2 | 1.8 |