Table 2.

Statistics for the 21/31 epithelial patients with local or distant recurrent diseas

		Local only progression n = 9		Any distant progression n = 12		Fisher’s exact P value
		#	%	#	%
Gender	F	3	33	2	25	1.0
	M	6	67	9	75
Age	< 65	6	67	3	25	0.09
	≥ 65	3	33	9	75
T stage	T2	3	33	3	25	0.35*
	T3	5	56	5	42
	T4	1	11	4	33
N stage	N0 – N1	3	33	2	17	0.61
	N2	6	67	10	83
AJCC stage	Stage 3	8	89	8	67	0.34
	Stage 4	1	11	4	33

^*Trend test