Table 4.

Site of First Failure

First Failure	FU Based (n = 21)		Non–FU Based (n = 23)
	No.	%	No.	%
Primary relapse	3	11	8	18
Nodal relapse	5	18	1	2
Primary and nodal relapse	1	4	1	2
Primary relapse and distant disease	0	0	1	2
Nodal relapse and distant disease	0	0	1	2
Distant disease	7	25	6	13
Second primary	2	7	4	9
Death (COD study cancer)	1	4	0	0
Death	2	7	1	2
No failure	7	25	22	49

Abbreviations: FU, fluorouracil; COD, cause of death.