Table 1: Patients Characteristics.
Characteristics | Numbers (total = 87) | Percentages | |
Age | Median | 62 (24-95) | |
Sex | M | 54 | 62% |
F | 33 | 38% | |
PS | < 2 | 56 | 64.4% |
≥ 2 | 30 | 34.5% | |
Unknown | 1 | 1.1% | |
Residence | Central | 26 | 29.9% |
South | 32 | 36.8% | |
North | 8 | 9.2% | |
East | 3 | 3.4% | |
West | 1 | 1.1% | |
Non-Saudi | 17 | 19.5% | |
Habits | Smoking + Shamma | 9 | 10.3% |
Shamma only | 22 | 25.3% | |
Smoking only | 14 | 16.1% | |
Alcohol | 2 | 2.3% | |
Non | 14 | 16.1% | |
NA | 28 | 32.2% | |
Site | Tongue | 44 | 50.6% |
Palate | 4 | 4.6% | |
Alveolus | 14 | 16.1% | |
Buccal | 9 | 10.3% | |
Mouth floor | 10 | 11.5% | |
Lip | 4 | 4.6% | |
Retromolar | 2 | 2.3% | |
Histopathology | SCC | 79 | 90.8% |
Unknown | 2 | 2.3% | |
Others | 6 | 6.9% | |
Stage | I | 10 | 11.5% |
II | 15 | 17.2% | |
III | 15 | 17.2% | |
IV | 43 | 49.4% | |
X | 4 | 4.6% | |
Treatment | |||
Surgery | Yes | 48 | 55.2% |
NO | 38 | 43.7% | |
Unknown | 1 | 1.1% | |
Chemotherapy | NACT | 25 | 28.7% |
CCRT | 27 | 31.0% | |
No Chemo | 48 | 55% | |
Radiotherapy | Radical | 23 | 26.4% |
PORT | 32 | 36.8% | |
Palliative | 5 | 5.7% | |
No Radio | 27 | 31% |
SCC: Squamous Cell Carcinoma; NACT: Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy; CCRT: Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy; PORT: Postoperative Radiotherapy; NA: Not Available.