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. 2016 Jun 28;8(2):6165. doi: 10.4081/rt.2016.6165

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.