Overexpression of eIF3a in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity and Its Putative Relation to Chemotherapy Response

Table 1

Distribution of conventional clinico-pathological parameters of patients with OSCC in relation to eIF3a expression.

	eIF3a expression
Parameter	Low (%)	high (%)
Number of patients	34	66
Sex
Male	47	30
Female	19	4
Grading
I	24.2	14.7
II	57.6	52.9
III	18.2	32.4
pN
0	42.2	64.3
I	20.0	10.3
II	35.6	25.0
III	2.2	0
pT
I	8	3
II	18	11
III	4	2
IV	17	10