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.
| Age | Case (patients) | | | Range | 35-88 | Control (healthy) | | | Range | 39-86 |
| Sex | Case (patients) | Male/female | 45 (75%)/15 (25%) | Control (healthy) | Male/female | 20 (71.4%)/8 (28.6%) |
| Tumor size | T1/T2/T3 | 13 (22.4%)/29 (50%)/16 (27.6%) |
| Lymph node involvement | 0/1/2/3/4 | 45 (78.9%)/6 (10.5%)/2 (3.5%)/3 (5.3%)/1 (1.8%) |
| | N0/N1/N2/N3 | 45 (77.6%)/5 (8.6%)/8 (13.8%)/0 (0.0%) |
| Stage | I/II/III/IV | 12 (20.7%)/18 (31.0%)/15 (25.9%)/13 (22.4%) |
| Site | Tongue/larynx/salivary glands | 20 (34.5%)/34 (58.6%)/4 (6.9%) |
| Metastasis | | 6 (10.31%) |
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