Oral Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Young Women: A Matched Comparison—Do Outcomes Justify Treatment Intensity?

Table 5

Use of adjuvant radiation controlling for common indications.

Category	Odds ratio	𝑍 score	𝑃 value	95% CI
Young women versus matched cohort	33.9	2.05	0.040	1.18–975
Stage I versus stage II	28.5	1.89	0.059	0.88–919
Stage II versus stage III	13.8	1.48	0.138	0.43–440
Stage III versus stage IV	360	3.14	0.002	9.12–14174
LVI, present versus absent	31.1	1.66	0.096	0.54–1788
PNI, present versus absent	1.27	0.21	0.832	0.14–11.9
Margins, negative versus close	4.8	1.11	0.267	0.30–77
Margins, close versus positive	7.3	1.26	0.207	0.33–162
Histologic grade, well versus moderate	1.31	0.82	0.710	0.12–14.1
Histologic grade, moderate versus poor	27.3	1.28	0.201	0.17–4311