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. 2008 Feb 1;3:45–55. doi: 10.4137/bmi.s570

Table 3.

Freedom from recurrence (FFR), freedom from local recurrence as the first site of failure (FFLR) and freedom from distant metastases as the first site of failure (FFDM) as a function of the combination of immunohistochemical score (IHC) and pathologic lymph node status at surgery.

Grouping Variable n 5-yr FFR 5-yr FFLR 5-yr FFDM
IHC <30, Negative Lymph Nodes 37 76% 71% 95%
IHC ≥30, Negative Lymph Nodes 54 72% 77% 85%
IHC <30, Positive Lymph Nodes 8 50% 57% 70%
IHC ≥30, Positive Lymph Nodes 19 35% 61% 50%
P 0.0021 0.55 0.0004