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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Oncol. 2013 Aug;8(8):1084–1090. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31829923ec

Table 3. Exploratory Analyses (only resected patients included).

Outcome

Cavitation (N=7) No cavitation (N=34) p-value

Downstaged 5 (71%) 14 (41%)
Not downstaged 2 (29%) 20 (59%) 0.22

Nodal down-staged 5 (83%) 12 (46%)
Not downstaged 1 (17%) 14 (54%) 0.18

Path response ≥90% 4 (57%) 7 (21%)
<90% 3 (43%) 27 (79%) 0.069

3-yr RFS all 63% 53% 0.43
3-yr RFS IIIA 57% 39% 0.32

3-yr OS all 60% 60% 0.83
3-yr OS IIIA 57% 44% 0.48

KRAS-mutant (N=10) KRAS wild-type (N=31)

Downstaged 5 (50%) 14 (45%)
Not downstaged 5 (50%) 17 (55%) 1.0

Nodal down-staged 5 (63%) 12 (50%)
Not downstaged 3 (37%) 12 (50%) 0.69

Path response ≥90% 0 (0%) 11 (35%)
<90% 10 (100%) 20 (65%) 0.039

3-yr RFS all 35% 65% 0.14
3-yr RFS IIIA 17% 56% 0.096

3-yr OS all 33% 72% 0.036
3-yr OS IIIA 17% 61% 0.068