BioMed Research International

Research Article

Beta-Catenin and Epithelial Tumors: A Study Based on 374 Oropharyngeal Cancers

Table 1

Clinicopathological characteristic of study population.
Age     
 Range   33–98  
 Mean   65,34  
Sex     
 Male   289  
 Female   85  
Ethnic group     
 Caucasian White  286  
 American White  61  
 Hispanic  19  
 American Black  8  
Site     
 Trigonous (Tr)  14  
 Tongue (T)  168  
 Gums (G)  18  
 Cheek (C)*  34  
 Lip (L)  29  
 Bone Involvement (BI)**  23  
 Oropharynx (OP)  4  
 Palate (P)  12  
 Floor of the mouth (FOM)  46  
 Multiple sites (MS)***  11  
 Metastasis (Met)****  15  
 Total  374  
Maximum diameter (cm)     
 <2 cm  102  
 >2 cm  272  
TNM staging
 TN0 M0N0 M1N1 M0N1 M1Total
 T1863253117
 T2720577136
 T313029850
 T425139671
 Total196415024374
Stage     
 St1  86  
 St2  72  
 St3  124  
 St4  92  
Histologic grade     
 G1  62  
 G2  188  
 G3  124  
Follow-up     
 Alive  142  
 Dead for disease  207  
 Dead for other causes  25  
Local recurrence     
 No   215  
 Yes   159 
Therapy     
 CH  233  
 CH-RT/CH-RT-CHT  59  
 RT  82  
Legend: *Cheek includes gingival mucosa.
**Bone involvement of mandible or upper alveolar process.
***Multiple sites includes FM + Tr, T + Tr, T + G, C + L, T + C, T + L.
****Metastases analyzed without primary tumors due to not operable advanced stages primary cancer.