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Table 3 Pathological characteristics of the tumors

	Elective	Urgency	P value
T			0.278c
Tis	2 (1.6%)	0
T1	6 (4.9%)	0
T2	16 (13.0%)	6 (9.1%)
T3	88 (71.5%)	54 (81.8%)
T4	11 (8.9%)	6 (9.1%)
N			0.943a
N0	76 (61.8%)	42 (63.6%)
N1	32 (26.0%)	17 (25.8%)
N2	15 (12.2%)	7 (10.6%)
Staging			0.199c
0	2 (1.6%)	0
I	20 (16.3%)	5 (7.6%)
II	54 (43.9%)	37 (56.1%)
III	47 (38.2%)	24 (36.4%)
Differentiation grade			0.938c
Well	7 (6.0%)	3 (5.0%)
Moderate	101 (87.1%)	52 (86.7%)
Poor	8 (6.9%)	5 (8.3%)
Compromised lymph nodes rated	8.1% ± 16.7	7.9% ± 17.1	0.785e
Angiolymphatic invasion	44 (36.4%)	21 (31.8%)	0.533a
Perineural invasion	19 (16.4%)	7 (11.1%)	0.339a
ALI + PNI	16 (13.0%)	5 (7.6%)	0.257a

^aQui-square of Pearson’s test.

^bt test for independent samples.

^cExact Fisher’s test.

^dMean and SD.

^eMann Whitney test.

ALI: Angiolymphatic invasion; PNI: Perineural invasion.