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Table 8 Size of lymph node and metastasis of squamous cell carcinoma of the base of the tongue

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

+

+

+

+

+

7

61

11

74

12

74

26

54

0

0

Clinical staging

  

0.280

  

0.976

  

0.602

  

0.999

  

NA

  Stage I

1

11

2

11

3

9

4

8

0

0

  Stage II

1

23

3

25

4

28

9

19

0

0

  Stage III

2

18

3

19

2

21

7

14

0

0

  Stage IV

3

9

3

19

3

16

6

13

0

0

Tumor size

  

0.441

  

0.413

  

0.756

  

0.161

  

NA

  ≤ 1.0 cm

0

8

1

5

1

7

5

6

  

  1.1–2.0 cm

1

14

2

5

2

5

2

6

0

0

  2.1–3.0 cm

1

17

2

27

2

21

9

12

0

0

  3.1–4.0 cm

3

15

3

27

4

21

8

13

0

0

  > 4.0 cm

2

7

3

10

3

20

2

17

0

0

Pathologic differentiation

  

0.546

  

0.948

  

0.765

  

0.587

  

NA

  Well differentiated

4

21

5

30

4

34

6

18

0

0

  Moderately differentiated

2

17

3

22

3

20

9

18

0

0

  Poorly differentiated

1

14

2

13

3

12

8

10

0

0

Undifferentiated

0

9

1

9

2

8

3

8

0

0

  1. aChi-square test or Fisher’ s exact test.
  2. + metastasis of SCC to cervical node, − no metastasis of SCC to cervical node.