Table 10 Size of lymph node and metastasis in squamous cell carcinoma of buccal mucosa
From: Prognostic factors of cervical node status in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Size of cervical node | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1–3 mm | p value a | 4–6 mm | p value a | 7–9 mm | p value a | 10–30 mm | p value a | >30 mm | p value a | ||||||
+ | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | ||||||
3 | 29 | 7 | 28 | 10 | 38 | 12 | 29 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Clinical staging | 0.468 | 0.525 | 0.686 | 0.553 | NA | ||||||||||
Stage I | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Stage II | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Stage III | 1 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Stage IV | 2 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Tumor size | 0.392 | 0.870 | 0.413 | 0.686 | NA | ||||||||||
≤ 1.0 cm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
1.1–2.0 cm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2.1–3.0 cm | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||||
3.1–4.0 cm | 1 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||||
> 4.0 cm | 2 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Pathologic differentiation | 0.988 | 0.975 | 0.603 | 0.240 | NA | ||||||||||
Well differentiated | 1 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Moderately differentiated | 1 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Poorly differentiated | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Undifferentiated | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||