Research Article
Low Survival Rates of Oral and Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Table 1
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the 121 patients.
| Variable | | % |
| Age | | | <40 years | 44 | 36.3 | 40 to 70 years | 37 | 30.6 | >70 years | 40 | 33.1 | Gender | | | Male | 81 | 66.9 | Female | 40 | 33.1 | Skin color | | | White | 47 | 38.8 | Brown | 41 | 33.9 | Black | 33 | 27.3 | Residence | | | Urban | 72 | 59.5 | Rural | 49 | 40.5 | Education | | | Illiterate | 87 | 71.9 | Literate | 34 | 28.1 | Occupation | | | Economically active | 48 | 39.7 | Noneconomically active | 51 | 42.1 | Not informed | 22 | 18.2 | Tobacco use | | | Yes | 111 | 91.7 | No | 10 | 8.3 | Alcohol intake | | | Yes | 77 | 63.6 | No | 44 | 36.4 | Cancer location | | | Tongue (anterior two-thirds) | 28 | 23.1 | Mouth floor | 22 | 18.2 | Hard palate | 20 | 16.5 | Alveolar ridge | 12 | 9.9 | Oropharynx | 12 | 9.9 | Other | 27 | 22.4 | Clinical presentation | | | Ulcer | 76 | 62.8 | Nodule | 17 | 14.0 | Ulcerative and verrucose | 10 | 8.3 | Ulcerated nodules | 06 | 5.0 | Not informed | 12 | 9.9 | Cancer staging | | | Early | 18 | 14.9 | Advanced | 103 | 85.1 | Surgery | | | Yes | 22 | 18.2 | No | 99 | 81.8 |
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