Table 1 Demographic, clinical and pathological characteristics of 384 OSCC patients
Characteristic | n(%) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Male | 229(59.6) |
Female | 155(40.4) |
Age (years) | |
Mean (SD) | 55.2(4.1) |
Tobacco use | |
User | 147(54.7) |
Non-User | 122(45.4) |
Alcohol use | |
User | 140(52.6) |
Non-User | 126(47.4) |
Geographical region | |
Central | 132(34.4) |
Eastern | 72(18.7) |
Northern | 41(10.7) |
Western | 109(28.4) |
Non-Ugandan | 30(7.8) |
Education level | |
Tertiary | 27(12.6) |
Secondary | 44(20.6) |
Primary | 68(31.8) |
None | 75(35.0) |
Histo-pathological grade | |
Well differentiated | 198(51.5) |
Moderately differentiated | 102(26.6) |
Poorly differentiated | 84(21.9) |
Treatment modality | |
Surgery | 38(9.9) |
Radiotherapy | 224(58.3) |
Chemotherapy | 4(1.0) |
Surgery + Radiotherapy | 41(10.7) |
Surgery + Chemotherapy | 8(2.1) |
Surgery + Radiotherapy +Chemotherapy | 8(2.1) |
Radiotherapy + Chemotherapy | 3(0.8) |
None | 58(15.1) |