Prognostic significance of the anatomical location and TNM clinical classification in oral squamous cell carcinoma.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to investigate the existence of correlation between the TNM clinical classification, anatomical location and prognosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma.


METHODS
A total of 130 oral squamous cell carcinomas were selected from the files of the Dr. Luiz Antonio Hospital (Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil). Data concerning TNM clinical classification, anatomical location and prognosis were obtained. Pearsons correlation test was applied for the statistical analysis of data.


RESULTS
It revealed a statistically significant correlation (p = 0.01) between TNM clinical classification and prognosis. It also revealed correlation between TNM classification and the anatomical location of oral squamous cell carcinomas (p = 0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
We concluded that TNM classification presented correlation with prognosis and with the different anatomical locations of oral squamous cell carcinomas.
Disciplines of Oral Histology, Embriology and Anatomy, Morfology Department, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil. araujojr@cb.ufrn.br
Raimundo Fernandes
RF
de Araújo
Carlos Augusto Galvão
CA
Barboza
Naianne Kelly
NK
Clebis
Sergio Adrianne Bezerra
SA
de Moura
Antônio de Lisboa
Ade L
Lopes Costa
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis