CD20+ Tumor Infiltrating B Lymphocyte in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Correlation with Clinicopathologic Characteristics and Heat Shock Protein 70 Expression

Table 3

Relationship between clinicopathologic characteristics and HSP70 expression in OSCC patients.

Parameter	Number (%)	Low expression	High expression	value
Grade
Well differentiated	31 (62%)	7 (22.6%)	24 (77.4%)	0.058
Moderately differentiated	13 (26%)	8 (61.5%)	5 (38.5%)
Poorly differentiated	6 (12%)	6 (100%)	0 (0%)
Stage
I	17 (34%)	2 (11.8%)	15 (88.2%)	0.003
II	11 (22%)	3 (27.3%)	8 (72.7%)
III	13 (26%)	11 (84.6%)	2 (15.4%)
IV	9 (18%)	5 (55.6%)	4 (44.4%)
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	17 (34%)	16 (94.1%)	1 (5.9%)	<0.001
No	33 (66%)	5 (15.2%)	28 (88.4%)
Tumor size
<2 cm	16 (32%)	2 (12.5%)	14 (87.5%)	0.044
Between 2 and 4 cm	20 (40%)	11 (55%)	9 (45%)
>4 cm	14 (28%)	8 (57.1%)	6 (49.2%)

Bolded values are statistically significant.