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. 2008 Sep 22;26(31):5043–5051. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.16.4855

Table 3.

Overall and Disease-Free Survival for All Patients Stratified by Tumor Size

Survival Outcome Survival Analyses
Overall
Disease-Free
Adjuvant Chemotherapy Control P HR 90% CI Adjuvant Chemotherapy Control P HR 90% CI
Intent-to-treat analysis of all randomly assigned patients
    No. of patients 173 171 173 171
    Recurrence or death .125 0.83 0.64 to 1.08 .065 0.80 0.62 to 1.02
        No. 74 81 81 92
        % 43 47 47 54
    1-year
        % 94 94 .50 85 81 .079
        90% CI, % 91 to 98 91 to 97 80 to 90 75 to 87
    2-year
        % 90 84 .053 75 68 .048
        90% CI, % 86 to 95 79 to 90 68 to 81 62 to 76
    3-year
        % 80 73 .020 67 58 .0048
        90% CI, % 74 to 86 65 to 79 60 to 74 51 to 66
    4-year
        % 70 62 .045 60 54 .060
        90% CI, % 63 to 77 55 to 70 53 to 68 47 to 62
    5-year
        % 60 58 .190 52 48 .117
        90% CI, % 52 to 68 51 to 66 45 to 61 41 to 57
    6-year
        % 55 53 .353 51 46 .094
        90% CI, % 48 to 64 45 to 62 43 to 59 38 to 54
Tumor size ≥ 4 cm in diameter
    No. of patients 99 97 99 97
    Recurrence or death
        No. 37 53 .042 0.69 0.48 to 0.99 42 53 .035 0.69 0.49 to 0.97
        % 38 55 42 55
    1-year
        % 94 92 .284 82 76 .182
        90% CI, % 90 to 98 87 to 97 74 to 90 68 to 85
    2-year
        % 90 81 .047 71 67 .259
        90% CI, % 85 to 95 75 to 88 63 to 81 58 to 77
    3-year
        % 78 71 .126 66 56 .085
        90% CI, % 71 to 85 64 to 79 57 to 76 47 to 67
    4-year
        % 71 64 .141 63 54 .105
        90% CI, % 60 to 79 56 to 73 53 to 73 44 to 65
    5-year
        % 64 61 .355 59 51 .141
        90% CI, % 56 to 73 53 to 70 49 to 70 41 to 62
    6-year
        % 60 54 .197 55 47 .137
        90% CI, % 52 to 70 45 to 64 46 to 67 37 to 59
Tumor size < 4 cm in diameter
    No. of patients 63 71 63 71
    Recurrence or death
        No. 34 33 .32 1.12 0.75 to 1.67 36 38 .49 1.01 0.69 to 1.48
        % 54 46 57 54
    1-year
        % 94 97 .165 89 86 .308
        90% CI, % 89 to 99 94 to 100 81 to 97 78 to 94
    2-year
        % 90 87 .280 79 70 .119
        90% CI, % 84 to 97 91 to 94 70 to 90 60 to 82
    3-year
        % 81 73 .141 66 60 .234
        90% CI, % 73 to 89 64 to 82 55 to 79 50 to 73
    4-year
        % 67 62 .272 56 55 .477
        90% CI, % 58 to 78 53 to 73 45 to 70 45 to 69
    5-year
        % 52 54 .392 40 46 .278
        90% CI, % 42 to 64 45 to 65 29 to 55 35 to 59
    6-year
        % 45 52 .221 40 44 .353
        90% CI, % 35 to 58 43 to 63 29 to 55 33 to 58

Abbreviation: HR, hazard ratio.