Table 3.
Recurrence proportions at each time interval according to CRT timing
| LR alone* | LR with DM* | DM alone* | Total* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year |
Pre-op CRT |
Post-op CRT |
Pre-op CRT |
Post-op CRT |
Pre-op CRT |
Post-op CRT |
Pre-op CRT |
Post-op CRT |
| ≤ 2 |
4 (41.2) |
4 (50.0) |
13 (61.9) |
10 (66.7) |
63 (70.8) |
56 (73.7) |
80 (63.0) |
70 (70.7) |
| > 2–5 |
10 (47.0) |
3 (37.5) |
6 (28.6) |
5 (33.3) |
22 (24.7) |
19 (25.0) |
38 (29.9) |
27 (27.3) |
| > 5 |
3 (11.8) |
1 (12.5) |
2 (9.5) |
0 |
4 (4.5) |
1 (1.3) |
9 (7.1) |
2 (2.0) |
| 17 (100) | 8 (100) | 21 (100) | 15 (100) | 89 (100) | 76 (100) | 127 (100) | 99 (100) | |
Abbreviations: CRT = chemoradiotherapy; LR = local recurrence; DM = distant metastasis.
*All P-values by linear-by-linear association were not significant.