Table 1 Association between MS and clinicopathologic characteristics of patients with TSCC
Characteristic | Number of patients (%) | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | With MS | Without MS | ||
Age (years) | Ā | Ā | Ā | 0.426 |
āā„52 | 134 (53) | 28 (58) | 106 (52) | Ā |
ā<52 | 118 (47) | 20 (42) | 98 (48) | Ā |
Sex | Ā | Ā | Ā | 0.273 |
āMale | 145 (58) | 31 (65) | 114 (56) | Ā |
āFemale | 107 (42) | 17 (35) | 90 (44) | Ā |
T category | Ā | Ā | Ā | 0.524 |
āT1/T2 | 222 (88) | 41 (85) | 181 (89) | Ā |
āT3/T4 | 30 (12) | 7 (15) | 23 (11) | Ā |
N category | Ā | Ā | Ā | <0.001 |
āN0 | 130 (52) | 36 (75) | 94 (46) | Ā |
āN+ | 122 (48) | 12 (25) | 110 (54) | Ā |
Pathologic grade | Ā | Ā | Ā | 0.598 |
āWell differentiated | 184 (73) | 33 (69) | 151 (74) | Ā |
āModerately differentiated | 58 (23) | 12 (25) | 46 (23) | Ā |
āPoorly differentiated | 10 (4) | 3 (6) | 7 (3) | Ā |
Treatment | Ā | Ā | Ā | 0.639 |
āSurgery alone | 193 (77) | 38 (79) | 155 (76) | Ā |
āMultimodality therapy | 59 (23) | 10 (21) | 49 (24) | Ā |
Tumor location | Ā | Ā | Ā | 0.653 |
āLateral margin of the tongue | 185 (73) | 34 (71) | 151 (74) | Ā |
āOther locationsa | 67 (27) | 14 (29) | 53 (26) | Ā |
Total | 252 | 48 | 204 | Ā |