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.
de Araújo
Raimundo Fernandes
RF
Disciplines of Oral Histology, Embriology and Anatomy, Morfology Department, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil. araujojr@cb.ufrn.br
Barboza
Carlos Augusto Galvão
CA
Clebis
Naianne Kelly
NK
de Moura
Sergio Adrianne Bezerra
SA
Lopes Costa
Antônio de Lisboa
Ade L
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