International Journal of Surgical Oncology / 2022 / Article / Tab 3 / Research Article
High CD44 Immunoexpression Correlates with Poor Overall Survival: Assessing the Role of Cancer Stem Cell Markers in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients from the High-Risk Population of Pakistan Table 3 Patient characteristics (n = 100).
Characteristics No. Characteristics No. Gender AJCC stage Male 57 Stage I 19 Female 43 Stage II 32 Age division Stage III 23 <40 years 18 Stage IV 26 40 and >40 years 82 Tonsil Habits Yes 2 Yes 79 No 98 No 21 Skin involvement Habit pattern Yes 3 Single 37 No 97 Multiple 42 Palate Non-users 21 Yes 8 Tobacco/smoking No 92 Yes 35 Mandible No 65 Yes 26 Paan/supari No 74 Yes 61 Retromandibular No 39 Yes 16 Chalia/gutka/niswar No 84 Yes 31 Floor of mouth No 69 Yes 7 Primary tumour site No 93 Cheek 63 Surgical margins Tongue 37 Clear 62 Histological differentiation Near 27 WDSSC 37 Involved 11 MDSCC 59 Radiotherapy PDSCC 4 Yes 65 Size of primary tumour (T) No 35 T1 21 Overall survival T2 47 Alive 44 T3 15 Dead 56 T4 17 Recurrence Lymph node metastasis (N) Yes 74 N0 77 No 26 N1 13 SOX-2 N2 10 Positive 63 CD44 Negative 37 High 33 SOX-2 staining intensity Low 67 Mild 32 CD133 Moderate 28 Positive 23 Strong 3 Negative 77 L1CAM CD133 staining intensity Positive 41 Mild 15 Negative 59 Moderate 6 L1CAM staining intensity Strong 2 Mild 34 Moderate 5 Strong 2