Table 3.
Univariate analysis of local control, locoregional control, disease-free survival, and overall survival for various patient, tumor, and treatment characteristics.
| Characteristic | Univariate analysis* | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LC | LRC | DFS | OS | |||||
| HR (95% CI) | P Value | HR (95% CI) | P Value | HR (95% CI) | P Value | HR (95% CI) | P Value | |
| Sex, male vs female | 1.8 (0.2-16.0) | 0.60 | 1.1 (0.3-4.1) | 0.93 | 1.4 (0.4-4.3) | 0.58 | 1.4 (0.4-5.5) | 0.63 |
| Age, >60 vs ≤60 | 3.4 (0.5-67.2) | 0.22 | 3.5 (0.88-23.4) | 0.08 | 3.7 (1.18-16.1 | 0.02 | 3.6 (0.9-23.7) | 0.07 |
| Size, >5 cm vs ≤5 cm | 3.0 (0.5-23.1) | 0.24 | 2.1 (0.6-7.5) | 0.25 | 2.1 (0.8-5.7) | 0.15 | 1.25 (0.32-4.4) | 0.73 |
| Histology | ||||||||
| High vs low grade | 0.6 (0.1-12.6) | 0.71 | 1.0 (0.2-18.7) | 0.99 | 0.85 (0.22-5.6) | 0.80 | 0.66 (0.15-4.5) | 0.62 |
| Angio vs other | 15.5 (2.3-306.5) | <0.005 | 17.7 (4.4-118.1) | <0.001 | 8.9 (3.2-28.5) | <0.001 | 4.5 (1.3-17.8) | 0.02 |
| Deep vs superficial | 0.4 (0.05-2.3) | 0.29 | 0.57 (0.16-2.1) | 0.39 | 0.74 (0.28-2.1) | 0.43 | 0.33 (0.08-1.2) | 0.08 |
| Presentation, recurrent vs. primary | 1.3 (0.11-14.7) | 0.80 | 0.62 (0.03-29.7) | 0.63 | 1.2 (0.23-3.6) | 0.78 | 1.0 (0.15-4.1) | 0.99 |
| RT | ||||||||
| >60 Gy vs ≤60 Gy | 3.3 (0.54-24.9) | 0.19 | 2.6 (0.7-9.4) | 0.14 | 2.4 (0.86-6.4) | 0.09 | 2.3 (0.6-8.5) | 0.19 |
| Preoperative vs post-operative | 0 (-) | 0.30 | 0.63 (0.03-3.9) | 0.66 | 0.66 (0.10-2.5) | 0.57 | 0.56 (0.03-3.3) | 0.57 |
| Alone vs with surgery | 28.2 (4.5-218.8) | <0.001 | 15.1 (3.8-53.8) | <0.001 | 6.9 (1.9-20.4) | 0.006 | 6.1 (1.3-22.0) | 0.03 |
| IMRT vs 3-D RT | 0.82 (0.14-6.2) | 0.83 | 2.2 (0.55-14.7) | 0.28 | 1.12 (0.4-3.6) | 0.83 | 2.0 (0.45-13.6) | 0.57 |
| Elective nodal RT | 0.93 (0.05-6.3) | 0.95 | 0.92 (0.14-3.7) | 0.92 | 0.87 (0.20-2.7) | 0.82 | 1.3 (0.28-4.7) | 0.72 |
Angio, angiosarcoma; DFS, disease-free survival; HR, hazard ratio; IMRT, intensity-modulated radiation therapy; Inf, infinite; LC, local control; LRC, locoregional control; OS, overall survival; RT, radiation therapy; 3-D, 3-dimensional.
*Boldface type indicates statistically significant data.