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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Cancer. 2013 Dec 18;50(4):816–823. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2013.11.031

Table 3.

Estimates of FFS among all patients and by histologic subtype and delivery of RT

Week 12 Response n (%) 5 year FFS (95% CI) p-value1
All Patients (N=338)
CR 95 (28) 74% (64%, 82%) 0.49
PR 193 (57) 75% (63%, 83%)
NR 50 (15) 64% (47%, 82%)
Week 12 or later RT (N=237)
CR 76 (32) 75% (63%, 83%) 0.66
PR 132 (56) 76% (68%, 83%)
NR 29 (12) 68% (47%, 82%)
Embryonal histology (N=165)
CR 43 (26) 86% (72%, 93%) 0.89
PR 98 (59) 80% (71%, 87%)
NR 24 (15) 78% (55%, 90%)
Alveolar histology (N=72)
CR 33 (46) 59% (40%, 74%) 0.08
PR 34 (47) 63% (44%, 77%)
NR 5 (7) 20% (0.8%, 58%)1
Parameningeal primary with ICE, early RT (N=65)
CR 5 (7) 100% (--) 0.44
PR 43 (66) 74% (58%, 85%)
NR 17 (26) 68% (38%, 86%)
No RT (N=36)
CR 14 (39) 63% (33%, 83%) 0.39
PR 18 (50) 67% (40%, 83%)
NR 4 (11) 25% (0.9%, 67%)2
1

Based on log-rank test

Abbreviations: failure-free survival, FFS; complete response, CR; partial response, PR; no response, NR; radiation therapy, RT; intracranial extension, ICE