Assessing the potential role of neutrophil elastase as a prognostic indicator in oral squamous cell carcinoma

Study groups	Average Age (in years)	Gender		Site				Staging

		Male	Female	Gingivo-buccal sulcus	Alveolus	Tongue	Buccal mucosa	III	IV
OSCC with lymph node metastasis	52.92	16	9	8	10	3	4	18	7
OSCC without lymph node metastasis	53.88	17	8	9	11	2	3	19	6

Association between staining intensity and lymph node involvement.

[i] Fisher exact test, p ≤ 0.05, significant

Association between staining intensity and lymph node status.

Staining Intensity	Lymph node status			p-value

	N1	N2	N3
Negative	7	0	0	0.001^*
Positive, well differentiated	4	4	3
Positive Moderately Differentiated	0	3	4

[i] Fisher exact test, p ≤ 0.05, significant

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fco-2019-0004 | Journal eISSN: 1792-362X | Journal ISSN: 1792-345X

Language: English

Page range: 34 - 38

Submitted on: Sep 10, 2018

Accepted on: Mar 25, 2019

Published on: Apr 5, 2020

Published by: Helenic Society of Medical Oncology

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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© 2020 Pooja Jaiswal, Supriya Kheur, Pratiksha Mahajan, A. Thirumal Raj, Mamatha Reddy, Roopa Madalli, Nitin Gupta, published by Helenic Society of Medical Oncology
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