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Characteristics HPV− HNSCC (n = 84) HPV+ HNSCC (n = 21) P Valueb Average age (range), yr 65 (45–87) 61 (45–73) .15c Sex, no. (%) Women 23 (27) 7 (33) Men 61 (73) 14 (67) .79d Tumor location, no. (%) Oral cavity 50 (60) 3 (14) Oropharynx 34 (40) 18 (86) <.001d T classification according to AJCC 2017, no. (%)f T1 5 (6) 1 (5) T2 22 (26) 6 (29) T3 15 (18) 3 (14) T4 42 (50) 11 (52) 1e N classification according to AJCC 2017, no. (%) N0 36 (43) 4 (19) N1 13 (15) 6 (29) N2 35 (42) 9 (43) N3 0 (0) 2 (9) .012e M classification according to AJCC 2017, no. (%) M0 77 (92) 18 (86) M1 1 (1) 1 (5) Mx 6 (7) 2 (9) .47e Tumor keratinization, no. (%) Present 65 (77) 8 (38) Absent 19 (23) 13 (62) .001d Degree of keratinization, no. (%) Keratinizing 48 (57) 3 (14) Focally keratinizing 17 (20) 5 (24) <.001e Nonkeratinizing, no. (%) 19 (23) 13 (62) Histologic differentiation, no. (%) Well differentiated 15 (18) Not assessablef Moderately differentiated 48 (57) Poorly differentiated 21 (25) Semiquantitative histologic score, no. (%)g Score 1 (most heterogeneous) 14 (17) 0 (0) Score 2 8 (9) 0 (0) Score 3 41 (49) 7 (33) .002e Score 4 12 (14) 5 (24) Score 5 (most homogeneous) 9 (11) 9 (43) Mean proliferation index, MIB-1 (%)h 49 71 .005c Range in % 8–90 30–95
Note:—AJCC indicates American Joint Committee on Cancer.
↵a Total patients, 105.
↵b P values are indicated for the comparisons between HPV+ and HPV− HNSCCs.
↵c Wilcoxon rank sum test.
↵d Pearson χ2 test.
↵e Fisher test.
↵f HPV+ HNSCC was not graded according to AJCC 2017 guidelines.3
↵g The semiquantitative histologic score is described in On-line Table 1.
↵h Available in 95 histologic samples.