Table 5.
Local control and survival rates with and without LNF
| Type of treatment |
Local control rate | Loco-regional control rate |
Overall Survival | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 year |
3 year |
p value |
2 year |
3 year |
p value |
2 year |
3 year |
p* value |
|
| Total group | 94% | 94% | 86% | 86% | 80% | 71% | |||
| Without LNF | 89% | 89% | 0.06 | 79% | 79% | 0.04 | 81% | 73% | 0.98 |
| With LNF | 100% | 100% | 96% | 96% | 78% | 68% | |||
Abbreviations: CRT= concurrent chemoradiation; RT= definitive radiation therapy; PORT+CT= postoperative concurrent chemoradiation.
*
p < 0.05 considered statistically significant.