Table 9 Size of lymph node and metastasis of squamous cell carcinoma of the floor of the mouth
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 | ||||||
+ | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | ||||||
4 | 68 | 9 | 46 | 12 | 45 | 20 | 27 | ||||||||
Clinical staging | 0.591 | 0.598 | 0.437 | 0.946 | NA | ||||||||||
Stage I | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Stage II | 1 | 23 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Stage III | 1 | 27 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Stage IV | 2 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Tumor size | 0.859 | 0.913 | 0.347 | 0.871 | NA | ||||||||||
≤ 1.0 cm | 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 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||||
3.1–4.0 cm | 1 | 24 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||||
> 4.0 cm | 2 | 25 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Pathologic differentiation | 0.933 | 0.803 | 0.868 | 0.186 | NA | ||||||||||
Well differentiated | 2 | 31 | 4 | 21 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Moderately differentiated | 1 | 23 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Poorly differentiated | 1 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Undifferentiated | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||