PURPOSE: The study goal was to determine which clinical features correlated with 5-year survival in @entity1 surgically treated for @entity957 ( @entity957 ) in Taiwan. @entity1 AND METHODS: The records of 378 @entity957 @entity1 surgically treated with or without chemotherapy and radiotherapy were reviewed retrospectively. Their 5-year survival in relation to age, gender, @entity5 site, lymph node involvement, presence of distant @entity3 , staging, differentiation, and risk factors, including betel quid (BQ) chewing, cigarette smoking, and @entity167 consumption, was analyzed. RESULTS: The majority of the @entity1 were @entity1 (male-to-female ratio, 5.87:1) with the mean age of 57.1 +/-11.7 years. @entity5 occurred mainly at the buccal mucosa (BM) (100 of 378, 26.5%), gingiva (105 of 378, 27.8%), and tongue (103 of 378, 27.2%). Neck nodal @entity3 occurred frequently at the floor of the mouth (in >60% of cases), followed by the gingiva (45.7%), buccal mucosa (34%), and tongue (20.4%), whereas early distant @entity3 was rare (5.3%). There were 104 (27.5%) stage 1, 96 (25.4%) stage 2, 98 (25.9%) stage 3, and 80 (21.2%) stage 4 @entity1 . @entity957 at the BM and gingiva was most (and at the tongue least) associated with risk factors of BQ use and smoking. The 5-year survival was 75%, 65.6%, 49%, and 30% for @entity1 with stage I, II, III, and IV, respectively. The size, nodal involvement, distant @entity3 , staging, differentiation, and BQ use significantly affected the survival (P <.05, Kaplan-Meier analysis). BQ use also correlated most significantly with the younger age of occurrence of @entity957 @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that early treatment is the key to increasing the survival of @entity957 @entity1 . Periodic screening of high-risk populations for @entity957 represents an urgent need in Taiwan.

Outcomes of XXXX in Taiwan after surgical therapy: factors affecting survival.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'PATIENTS', 'men'] @entity167 :: ('CHEBI:16236', 'Chemical') :: ['alcohol'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumor', 'Tumors'] @entity957 :: ('MESH:D002294', 'Disease') :: ['OSCC', 'oral squamous cell carcinoma'] @entity3 :: ('MESH:D009362', 'Disease') :: ['metastasis']
@entity957 :: (MESH:D002294,Disease) :: ['oral squamous cell carcinoma']
