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Table 1 Clinical and pathological features

From: Selective use of postoperative neck radiotherapy in oral cavity and oropharynx cancer: a prospective clinical study

Clinical

n

%

Pathological

n

%

Gender

  

Infiltration

  

  Male

56

75

  Vascular

7

9

  Female

19

25

  Perineural

13

17

Tumor location

  

Histological grade

  

  Oral cavity

58

77

  G3

11

15

  Oropharynx

17

23

  G4

2

3

Performance status ECOG 0-1

70

93

Resection margin

  

  Close

13

17

  Infiltrated

9

12

Clinical stage

  

Pathological stage

  

  I

4

5

  I

-

-

  II

13

17

  II

-

-

  III

21

28

  III

24

32

  IVa

30

40

  IVa

48

64

  IVb

7

9

  IVb

3

4

Clinical N+

47

63

Pathological N+

75

100

 

Extracapsular spread

31

41

  1. Median age of 62 years; range, 39–78 years.
  2. ECOG = Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; N + = Positive lymph node.