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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 2011 Aug;150(2):169–176. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.05.012

Table III.

Lymph Node Metastases (LNM) Status

All
(n = 97)
T1
(n = 11)
T2
(n = 32)
T3
(n = 40)
T4
(n = 14)
LNM Negative
 Number 39 6 19 12 2
 3 yr survival 71% 100% 73% 44% 100%
 5 yr survival 63%* 75% 73% 44% 0%
 Recurrence (n) 5 0 2 2 1
LNM Positive
 Number 58 5 13 28 12
 3 yr survival 61% 75% 100% 40% 39%
 5 yr survival 47%* 25% 88% 34% 0%
 Recurrence (n) 10 2 1 5 2
*

p = 0.19, Log-rank (Mantel-Cox) test.

p = 0.78, Fisher’s exact test for difference between proportions.