Research Article
A Predictive Model to Determine the Pattern of Nodal Metastasis in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Table 1
Relationship of tumour differentiation with age, sex, and tumour site.
| | | Well-differentiated SCC (%) | Moderately differentiated SCC (%) | Poorly differentiated SCC (%) | Total |
| Age groups
| | | 20–40 | 9 (45) | 11 (50) | 1 (5) | 21 | | 41–50 | 34 (38) | 49 (55) | 6 (7) | 89 | | 51–60 | 88 (50) | 70 (40) | 18 (10) | 176 | | 61–70 | 71 (53) | 57 (42) | 7 (5) | 135 | | 71–86 | 23 (52) | 19 (43) | 2 (6) | 44 |
| Gender
| | | Male | 153 | 153 | 23 | 329 | | Female | 72 | 53 | 11 | 136 |
| Primary site
| | | BM | 104 (60) | 58 (33.5) | 11 (6.4) | 173 | | FOM | 19 (44.2) | 24 (55.8) | 0 (0) | 43 | | LALR | 47 (50.5) | 44 (47.3) | 2 (2.2) | 93 | | P | 6 (25) | 11 (45.8) | 7 (29) | 24 | | T | 43 (38.4) | 57 (50.9) | 12 (10.7) | 112 | | UALR | 6 (30) | 12 (60) | 2 (10) | 20 |
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BM: buccal mucosa, FOM: floor of the mouth, LALR: lower alveolar ridge, P: palate, T: tongue, UALR: upper alveolar ridge.
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