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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2015 Jan 7;22(7):2352–2358. doi: 10.1245/s10434-014-4274-5

TABLE 2.

Overall survival (OS) outcomes from the date of pathological diagnosis or from start of SBRT treatment

N Median overall
survival (mo)
HRa (95 % CI) p value
Total 88 18.4 (15.3–21.3)
OS from date of diagnosis
  Protocol patients 40 18.83 (14.8–23.8) 1.00
  Nonprotocol patients 48 17.08 (14.6–27.2) 1.13 (0.66–1.96) 0.65
  Tumor in body or tail 19 NA 1.00
  Tumor in head, neck, or uncinate 69 17.08 (14.6–21.2) 2.00 (0.76–4.9) 0.17
  Baseline ECOG 0 38 18.86 (16.7–27.2) 1.00
  Baseline ECOG ≥ 1 50 15.34 (11.3–22.2) 1.47 (0.85–2.53) 0.16
  No baseline pain 47 19.52 (16.1–27.9) 1.00
  Baseline pain 41 15.34 (14.4–21.2) 1.58 (0.87–2.62) 0.14
  Baseline CA19-9 < 168 U/µL 41 19.12 (17.1–45.2) 1.00
  Baseline CA19-9 ≥ 168 U/µL 42 16.07 (11.0–21.3) 1.59 (0.91–2.77) 0.1
  Pre-SBRT chemotherapy 77 18.83 (16.1–22.2) 0.54 (0.23–1.09) 0.1
  No pre-SBRT chemotherapy 11 9.00 (8.0–45.2) 1.00
  Borderline resectable 14 14.39 (11.0–45.2) 0.88 (0.31–2.49) 0.81
  Locally advanced 74 18.41 (15.3–21.3) 1.00
  Pre-SBRT stent placed 28 17.87 (11.3–45.2) 1.05 (0.58–1.89) 0.88
  Pre-SBRT no stent placed 60 18.83 (14.8–22.2) 1.00
OS from start of SBRT
  Protocol patients 40 18.2 (11.7–22.3) 1.00
  Nonprotocol patients 48 12.7 (9.4–18.2) 1.61 (0.92–2.82) 0.09
  No surgical resection 69 12.75 (9.7–18.2) 1.00
  Surgical resection 19 20.24 (12.5–42.4) 0.34 (0.10–1.08) 0.07
  Post SBRT ECOG 0 44 18.27 (14.6–42.4) 1.00
  Post SBRT ECOG ≥ 1 44 11.73 (7.8–18.2) 1.56 (0.89–2.71) 0.12
  Post SBRT CA19-9 < 62 U/µL 36 15.01 (12.8–24.3) 1.00
  Post SBRT CA19-9 ≥ 62 U/µL 39 12.42 (9.2–19.9) 1.34 (0.75–2.37) 0.32
  Fraction size 6.6 Gy/fx 54 13.7 (9.7–19.9) 1.00
  Fraction size < 6.6 Gy/fx 34 13.0 (12.4–42.4) 1.12 (0.63–1.99) 0.69
*

Statistically significant (p < 0.05)

a

Hazard ratios from diagnosis are adjusted for age, sex, race and a time-dependent covariate for the time between diagnosis and treatment. Hazard ratios from treatment are adjusted for age, sex, and race only