Table 2 Description and membership function for clinicopathologic and genomic variables
(a) Clinicopathologic variables | ||
|---|---|---|
Name | Description | Name & parameters of membership function |
Age | Age at diagnosis | 1 - 40-50, 2 - >50-60, 3 - >60-70, 4 - >70 |
Eth | Ethnicity | 1 - Malay, 2 - Chinese, 3 - Indian |
Gen | Gender | 1 - Male, 2 - Female |
Smoke | Smoking habit | 1 - Yes, 2 - No |
Drink | Alcohol drinking habit | 1 - Yes, 2 - No |
Chew | Quid chewing habit | 1 - Yes, 2 - No |
Site | Primary site of tumor | 1 - Buccal mucosa, 2 - tongue |
3 - floor, 4 - others | ||
Subtype | Subtype and differentiation for SCC | 1 - Well differentiated |
2 - moderate differentiated | ||
3 - poorly differentiated | ||
Inv | Depth of Invasion front | 1 - Non-cohesive, 2 - cohesive |
Node | Neck nodes | 1 - Negative, 2 - positive |
PT | Pathological tumor staging | 1 - T1, 2 - T2, 3 - T3, 4 - T4 |
PN | Pathological lymph nodes | 1 - N0, 2- N1, 3- N2A, 4- N2B |
Stage | Overall stage | 1 - I, 2 - II, 3 - III, 4 - IV |
Size | Size of tumor | 1 - 0-2 cm, 2 - >2-4 cm, 3 - >4-6 cm, 4 - >6 cm |
Treat | Type of treatment | 1 - Surgery only |
2 - Surgery + Radiotherapy | ||
3 - Surgery + Chemotherapy | ||
(b) Genomic variables | ||
Name | Description | Name and parameters of membership function |
p53 | Tumor suppressor gene | 1 - negative, 2 - positive |
p63 | Tumor suppressor gene | 1 - negative, 2 - positive |