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Table 2.

Comparison of preoperative with postoperative radiation in prospective trials (from Gomez et al. [43] and comparing this postoperative radiation trial with studies from the Southwest Oncology Group [31,32] and JCOG 9806 [36]).

Outcome Variables	Preoperative Concurrent Chemoradiation		Postoperative Concurrent Chemoradiation Current Study
Outcome Variables	SWOG 94-16	JCOG 9806	Postoperative Concurrent Chemoradiation Current Study
Adherence to treatment regimen	75% ^*	76%	78%
Operative mortality rates	2.4%	3.5%	0
R0/R1 resection rates	92% ^**	95%	100%
Locoregional control rates	85% ^***	87% ^†	76%
5-year overall survival rates	44%	56%	50%

^* Defined as percentage of patients undergoing induction chemoradiation followed by thoracotomy as a proportion of the total number of eligible patients; ^** Defined as percentage of patients in whom R0/R1 resection was achieved as a proportion of those patients who proceeded to surgery ^*** Reported as local control. ^† Reported as initial site of failure; SWOG, Southwest Oncology Group; JCOG, Japan Clinical Oncology Group.