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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013 Oct 23;149(6):893–899. doi: 10.1177/0194599813506867

Table 2.

(A) Three and (B) Five Year Survival Estimates.

(A) 3-year survival estimates
pN0/PNI+ vs. pN0/PNI− (95% CI)
n Overall Survival Disease Specific Survival Disease Free Interval Local Regional Control
pN0/PNI+ 20 70% (45–85) 78% (52–91) 64% (38–81) 65% (40–82)
pN0/PNI− 68 83% (72–90) 90% (80–95) 79% (66–87) 84% (73–91)
pN0/PNI+ with Radiation vs. pN0/PNI+ without Radiation (95% CI)
n Overall Survival Disease Specific Survival Disease Free Interval Local Regional Control
PNI+ No Radiation 6 83% (27–97) 83% (27–97) 33% (5–68) 50% (11–80)
PNI+ Plus Radiation 14 64% (34–83) 76% (43–92) 77% (45–92) 71% (41–88)
(B) 5-year survival estimates
pN0/PNI+ vs. pN0/PNI− (95% CI)
n Overall Survival Disease Specific Survival Disease Free Interval Local Regional Control
pN0/PNI+ 20 48% (22–70) 62% (33–82) 50% (25–71) 52% (27–72)
PN0/PNI− 68 74% (61–83) 86% (75–92) 77% (64–86) 82% (71–89)
pN0/PNI+ with Radiation vs. pN0/PNI+ without Radiation (95% CI)
n Overall Survival Disease Specific Survival Disease Free Interval Local Regional Control
PNI+ No Radiation 6 42% (1–84) 42% (1–84) 33% (5–68) 50% (11–80)
PNI+ Plus Radiation 14 46% (18–70) 65% (31–86) 68% (34–87) 63% (33–83)

pN0 = pathologically N-0; PNI = Perineural invasion