From: The role of postoperative radiotherapy in pN1 oral cavity cancer without extranodal extension
 | Adjuvant radiotherapy | ||
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(−) | (+) | p values | |
Characteristics | n = 26 | n = 76 | Â |
Age (years)a | 56.8 ± 10.9 (79.7, 41.0) | 53.5 ± 9.0 (84.1, 36.2) | 0.25 |
Sex | |||
 Male | 22 | 69 | 0.38 |
 Female | 4 | 7 |  |
Lesion site | |||
 Buccal mucosa | 13 | 32 | 0.63 |
 Mouth floor | 3 | 4 |  |
 Gum | 4 | 12 |  |
 Hard palate | 0 | 2 |  |
 Lip | 0 | 3 |  |
 Tongue | 6 | 23 |  |
pT Status | |||
 1 | 3 | 6 | < 0.001* |
 2 | 18 | 18 |  |
 3 | 2 | 18 |  |
 4 | 3 | 34 |  |
Overall pathological stage | |||
 III | 24 | 40 | < 0.001* |
 IV | 2 | 36 |  |
Cell differentiationb | |||
 W-D+M-D | 24 | 61 | 0.15 |
 P-D | 2 | 15 |  |
Tumor depth (mm)a | 7.9 ± 6.9 (30.0, 1.0) | 14.1 ± 8.3 (34.0, 2.0) | < 0.001* |
Neck recurrence | |||
 (−) | 24 | 64 | 0.30 |
 (+) | 2 | 12 |  |
Distant metastasis | |||
 (−) | 25 | 71 | 0.61 |
 (+) | 1 | 5 |  |