Immunosuppression Induced by Chronic Inflammation and the Progression to Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Table 1

Patient and control characteristics.

	OLP patients	OLK patients	OSCC patients
	( = 19)	( = 44)	( = 21)
Ages (years)
Sex (male/female)	10/9	25/16	8/13
Disease stage
I/II/III	—	20/16/8	—
Cancer site	—	—
Buccal			2
Floor of mouth			2
Tongue			12
Lip			3
Other			2
Metastases	—	—
No			6
Yes			15