Research Article

Detection of EBV Infection and Gene Expression in Oral Cancer from Patients in Taiwan by Microarray Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of patient subjects participated in EBV-chip detection.

Number GenderAgeNumber of lesion Site Type of the primary SCC

1Male501PalateUlcerative
2Male473Primary: Buccal mucosa, SCCExophytic
Secondary: Buccal mucosa, Leukoplakia
Tertiary: Palate, VH
3Male471GingivaExophytic
4Male461PalateExophytic
5Male483Primary: Buccal mucosa, SCCExophytic
Secondary: Buccal mucosa, SCC
Tertiary: Buccal mucosa, VH
6Male791Buccal mucosaUlcerative
7Male513Primary: Tongue, SCCUlcerative
Secondary: Tongue, SCC
Tertiary: Buccal mucosa, SCC
8Male494Primary: Palate, SCCExophytic
Secondary: Palate, SCC
Tertiary: Buccal mucosa, VH
Quaternary: Lip, VH
9Male471Retromolar trigoneUlcerative
10Male531GingivaUlcerative
11Male473Primary: Buccal mucosa, SCCExophytic
Secondary: Buccal mucosa, SCC
Tertiary: Gingiva, Leukoplakia
12Male501Buccal mucosaExophytic
13Male531Buccal mucosaExophytic
14Male471GingivaUlcerative
15Male451GingivaUlcerative
16Male441TongueUlcerative
17Male474Primary: Buccal mucosa, SCCExophytic
Secondary: Buccal mucosa, SCC
Tertiary: Retromolar trigone, SH
Quaternary: Lip, SH
18Male561Buccal mucosaExophytic
19Male361GingivaUlcerative
20Male492Primary: Buccal mucosa, SCCUlcerative
Secondary: Tongue, VH
21Male461TongueDeep invasive
22Male433Primary: Gingiva, SCCUlcerative
Secondary: Buccal mucosa, SCC
Tertiary: Gingiva, VH
23Male531TongueUlcerative
24Male524Primary: Buccal mucosa, SCCExophytic
Secondary: Buccal mucosa, SCC
Tertiary: Palate, VH
Quaternary: Lip, VH
25Male654Primary: Gingiva, SCCExophytic
Secondary: Gingiva, SCC
Tertiary: Gingiva, VH
Quaternary: Oropharynx, VH
26Male591GingivaUlcerative
27Male411Buccal mucosaExophytic
28Male541TongueExophytic
29Male751GingivaUlcerative
30Male321Buccal mucosaExophytic
31Male332Primary: Buccal mucosa, SCCDeep invasive
Secondary: Buccal mucosa, VH
32Male481TongueExophytic
33Male544Primary: Buccal mucosa, SCCExophytic
Secondary: Buccal mucosa, SCC
Tertiary: Buccal mucosa, SCC
Quaternary: Lip, SCC
34Male471Buccal mucosaExophytic
35Male401PalateUlcerative
36Male341TongueDeep invasive
37Male583Primary: Buccal mucosa, SCCExophytic
Secondary: Buccal mucosa, SCC
Tertiary: Tongue, VH
38Male611Buccal mucosaUlcerative
39Male611Buccal mucosaUlcerative
40Male751Retromolar trigoneDeep invasive
41Male451Mouth floorUlcerative
42Male414Primary: Buccal mucosa, SCCDeep invasive
Secondary: Buccal mucosa, SCC
Tertiary: Palate, Leukoplakia
Quaternary: Lip, SCC
43Male451TongueExophytic
44Male431TongueExophytic
45Male463Primary: Tongue, SCCExophytic
Secondary: Tongue, SCC
Tertiary: Buccal mucosa, VH
46Female703Primary: Lip, SCCDeep invasive
Secondary: Lip, SCC
Tertiary: Buccal mucosa, Leukoplakia
47Male473Primary: Mouth floor, SCCExophytic
Secondary: Mouth floor, SCC
Tertiary: Lip, VH
48Male481Buccal mucosaUlcerative
49Male623Primary: Buccal mucosa, SCCDeep invasive
Secondary: Buccal mucosa, SCC
Tertiary: Tongue, SCC
50Male443Primary: Buccal mucosa, SCCUlcerative
Secondary: Tongue, Leukoplakia
Tertiary: Mouth floor, Leukoplakia
51Male431Buccal mucosaDeep invasive
52Male511Buccal mucosaUlcerative
53Male511Buccal mucosaExophytic
54Male511Buccal mucosaExophytic
55Male421Buccal mucosaExophytic
56Male541Buccal mucosaDeep invasive
57Female264Primary: Buccal mucosa, SCCUlcerative
Secondary: Buccal mucosa SCC
Tertiary: Mouth floor, Leukoplakia
Quaternary: Tongue, SCC

The sequential case numbers were given in the order of the date of admission to hospital.
Twenty oral cancer patients were found to manifest multiple tumor lesions when performing follow-ups 48 months after surgical procedures.
For patients with multiple lesions, the sites and the pathologic diagnosis of all lesions were noted. In the current study, only the primary cancer tissues were subjected to EBV-chip hybridizations. SCC: squamous cell carcinoma; VH: verrucous hyperplasia; SH: squamous hyperplasia.