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. 2011 Sep 28;6:126. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-6-126

Table 3.

Survival between Treatment Groups by Patient, Tumor, and Treatment Characteristics

No. of Patients, (%) Overall Survival, Median, mo 5-year Survival, Percent
Observation Adjuvant CRT Observation Adjuvant CRT P-value Observation Adjuvant CRT

ALL PATIENTS 120 (64.5) 66 (35.5) 39.9 40.1 0.839 37.2 42.1

Age, yrs

 < 75 79 (57.7) 58 (42.3) 41.3 40.6 0.913 37.9 45.9

 ≥ 75 41 (83.7) 8 (16.3) 35.5 33.3 0.939 36.0 25.0

Gender

 Female 54 (70.1) 23 (20.9) 42.7 32.1 0.162 40.8 29.3

 Male 66 (60.6) 43 (39.4) 32.2 46.0 0.238 33.9 48.4

Institution

 Mayo 63 (76.8) 19 (23.2) 38.2 62.4 0.599 35.5 51.3

 Hopkins 57 (54.8) 47 (45.2) 41.7 36.5 0.890 40.0 37.0

Histology

 Grade 1/2 60 (70.6) 25 (29.4) 53.6 62.2 0.328 47.1 56.6

 Grade 3 60 (59.4) 41 (40.6) 34.9 27.1 0.985 27.5 34.1

Node

 Negative 84 (82.4) 18 (17.7) 61.6 103.2 0.122 52.4 87.1

 Positive 36 (42.9) 48 (57.1) 15.7 32.1 0.004 5.9 27.5

Tumor Stage

 T1/T2 83 (74.8) 28 (25.2) 41.3 87.5 0.172 41.7 56.8

 T3/T4 37 (49.3) 38 (50.7) 27.0 25.0 0.873 27.5 28.7

Tumor Size

 ≤ 3 cm 81 (67.5) 39 (32.5) 41.3 36.5 0.797 38.8 40.0

 > 3 cm 39 (59.1) 27 (40.9) 27.0 40.6 0.496 33.9 44.0

Margin status

 Negative 120 (65.6) 63 (34.4) 40.1 39.9 0.754 37.2 42.7

 Positive 0 (0.0) 3 (100.0) N/A 33.3 N/A N/A 33.3

*CRT = chemoradiation