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. 2012 Oct 15;7:169. doi: 10.1186/1748-717X-7-169

Table 2.

Multivariate analysis prognostic factors in overall and disease-free survival of patients treated for gastric cancer

Variable
Overall survival
Disease-free survival
  HR (CI 95%) P HR (CI 95%) P
Perineural invasion
No
1.0
 
1.0
 
Yes
2.03 (1.17-3.53)
0.011
2.46 (1.46-4.15)
0.00
Extended resection
No
1.0
 
1.0
 
Yes
2.40 (1.31-4.38)
0.004
2.58 (1.46-4,56)
0.001
Treatment modality
Surgery only
1.61 (0.85-3.04)
0.142
*
*
Adjuvant CT/RT
1.0
 
*
*
N-category – N-ratio
N0-NR0
1.0
0.021
1.0
0.008
N1-NR1a
0.72 (0.16-3.17)
0.661
0.65 (0.15-2.86)
0.568
N1-NR1b
1.92 (0.73-5.05)
0.184
2.01 (0.81-4.96)
0.131
N2-NR1
0.51 (0.14-1.81)
0.297
0.41 (0.20-1.44)
0.167
N2-NR2 and NR3
2.02 (0.93-4.39)
0.076
2.26 (1.10-4.63)
0.026
N3a – NR2 and NR3
2.78 (1.31-5.89)
0.008
2.66 (1.30-5.44)
0.007
N3b – NR3 2.96 (1.08-8.12) 0.036 2.77 (1.03-7.44) 0.043