Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Table 3 Disease specific 5-year survival rate according to primary site of neoplasm

From: Retrospective study on factors affecting the prognosis in oral cancer patients who underwent surgical treatment only

Primary site	No. of cases (%)	Recur or meta	DSS
Tongue	18 (21.4)	4	88.9
FOM	14 (16.7)	4	76.9
LAR	13 (15.5)	3	69.2
HP	9 (10.7)	1	87.5
ML	9 (10.7)	1	100
RT	7 (8.3)	3	71.4
SP	6 (7.1)	0	83.3
BM	5 (6.0)	1	100
UAR	3 (3.6)	1	100
Total	84 (100.0)	18	83.1

Tongue anterior 2/3 of the tongue, FOM floor of mouth, LAR lower alveolar ridge, HP hard palate, ML mucosal lip, RT retromolar trigone, SP soft palate, BM buccal mucosa, UAR upper alveolar ridge

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