Table 2.

Patterns of Failure by Arm

Relapse Status	Radiochemotherapy		Control(surgery alone)		Total
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
No relapse*	135	48	67	24	202	36
Relapse*	147	52	210	76	357	64
Sites of relapse (% of those randomly assigned)*
Local	7	2	21	8	28	5
Regional	62	22	109	39	171	31
Distant	46	16	49	18	95	17
Unknown site	32	11	31	11	63	11
Total	282		277		559

^*Indicates statistically significant comparisons. P < .001 for relapse v no relapse (χ²); P = .012 for sites of relapse (among those with sites reported, χ² test for trend).