Research Article

Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: The Role of BIRC6 Serum Level

Table 1

Frequency distribution of demographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants.

AgeCase (patients)
Range35-88
Control (healthy)
Range39-86

SexCase (patients)Male/female45 (75%)/15 (25%)
Control (healthy)Male/female20 (71.4%)/8 (28.6%)

Tumor sizeT1/T2/T313 (22.4%)/29 (50%)/16 (27.6%)

Lymph node involvement0/1/2/3/445 (78.9%)/6 (10.5%)/2 (3.5%)/3 (5.3%)/1 (1.8%)

N0/N1/N2/N345 (77.6%)/5 (8.6%)/8 (13.8%)/0 (0.0%)

StageI/II/III/IV12 (20.7%)/18 (31.0%)/15 (25.9%)/13 (22.4%)

SiteTongue/larynx/salivary glands20 (34.5%)/34 (58.6%)/4 (6.9%)

Metastasis6 (10.31%)