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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Oct;53(4):563–569. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22106

Table V.

Event-free and Overall Survival for Tumor Category by Clinical Stage

Histological Category Overall Number of Patients Number with Survival data 5-year EFS ± SE (%) EFS p-value 5-year OS ± SE (%) OS p-value
GN-maturing
 Stage 1, 2, 3 36 34 100 100
 Stage 4 0 0 --- NA --- NA

GNB-intermixed
 Stage 1, 2, 3 187 179 94.1 ± 4.3 97.0 ± 3.2
 Stage 4 2 2 --- NA --- NA

GNB-nodular FS
 Stage 1, 2, 3 56 55 92.6 ± 6.3 100
 Stage 4 3 3 100 NA 100 NA

GNB-nodular US
 Stage 1, 2, 3 116 114 80.1 ± 8.0 86.2 ± 7.0
 Stage 4 132 132 16.7 ± 5.8 <.0001 35.9 ± 7.0 <.0001

EFS = Event-free survival; OS = Overall survival; SE = standard error; NA = not applicable due to no event; --- = No patients at risk at 5 years; GN-maturing = Ganglioneuroma, maturing subtype; GNB-intermixed = Ganglioneuroblastoma, intermixed; GNB-nodular FS = Ganglioneuroblastoma, nodular Favorable Subset; GNB-nodular US = Ganglioneuroblastoma, nodular Unfavorable Subset