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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Oct 19;151(4):969–979.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.09.127

Table 4. Patient Outcomes and Recurrence and Progression Patterns by Resection Status.

Resection Status
Overall (N=100) R0 (N=85; 85%) R1 (N=8; 8.0%) R2 (N=7; 7.0%)
Pathologic N2-Status
 N2-negative 39 (39%) 33 (39%) 4 (50%) 2 (29%)
 N2-persistent 61 (61%) 52 (61%) 4 (50%) 5 (71%)
Status
 Alive with Disease 18 (18%) 14 (16%) 1 (13%) 3 (43%)
 Died of other causes 4 (4.0%) 3 (3.5%) 1 (13%) 0 (0%)
 Died of disease 41 (41%) 33 (39%) 5 (63%) 3 (43%)
 No evidence of recurrence 37 (37%) 35 (41%) 1 (13%) 1 (14%)
Recurrence or progression (N=61)
 Locoregional only 7 (11%) 7 (14%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 Distant only 28 (46%) 26 (52%) 2 (33%) 0 (0%)
 Both locoregional and distant 26 (43%) 17 (34%) 4 (67%) 5 (100%)