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. 2016 Jun 6;34(21):2468–2477. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2015.65.7825

Table A7.

Multivariable Cox Proportional Hazards Model of Survival in EPN_PFA

Variable PFS OS
HR (95% CI) P HR (95% CI) P
All cohorts (PFS, n = 645; OS, n = 646)
 Age 0.98 (0.96 to 1.00) .08 0.99 (0.96 to 1.01) .26
 Incomplete resection 1.71 (1.37 to 2.14) < .001 2.05 (1.52 to 2.76) < .001
 Adjuvant radiation 0.64 (0.50 to 0.82) < .001 0.52 (0.38 to 0.72) < .001
 Adjuvant chemotherapy 1.04 (0.81 to 1.35) .74 0.89 (0.63 to 1.26) .51
 Male 1.31 (1.05 to 1.62) .02 1.39 (1.04 to 1.85) .02
GENE cohort (PFS, n = 258; OS, n = 259)
 Age 0.96 (0.93 to 0.99) .007 0.96 (0.91 to 1.00) .03
 Incomplete resection 1.68 (1.17 to 2.42) .005 2.26 (1.46 to 3.49) < .001
 Adjuvant radiation 0.31 (0.21 to 0.45) < .001 0.28 (0.18 to 0.45) < .001
 Adjuvant chemotherapy 1.08 (0.74 to 1.58) .68 0.78 (0.49 to 1.25) .30
 Male 1.10 (0.79 to 1.55) .57 1.17 (0.77 to 1.78) .46
CERN cohort (PFS, n = 86; OS, n = 86)
 Age 1.00 (0.96 to 1.04) .92 1.01 (0.97 to 1.06) .53
 Incomplete resection 1.63 (0.85 to 3.12) .14 1.80 (0.83 to 3.88) .13
 Adjuvant radiation 0.73 (0.43 to 1.25) .25 0.61 (0.31 to 1.18) .14
 Adjuvant chemotherapy 0.89 (0.46 to 1.72) .73 0.77 (0.35 to 1.67) .50
 Male 1.40 (0.81 to 2.43) .23 2.51 (1.18 to 5.33) .02
St Jude’s RT1 cohort (PFS, n = 104; OS, n = 104)
 Age 1.00 (0.90 to 1.12) .94 1.04 (0.91 to 1.19) .61
 Incomplete resection 2.71 (0.40 to 5.26) .003 3.26 (1.49 to 7.12) .003
 Male 2.42 (1.25 to 4.69) .009 2.86 (1.21 to 6.77) .02
Burdenko cohort (PFS, n = 197; OS, n = 197)
 Age 0.99 (0.96 to 1.03) .77 1.01 (0.96 to 1.06) .70
 Incomplete resection 1.88 (1.30 to 2.71) < .001 1.84 (1.08 to 3.12) .02
 Adjuvant radiation 1.12 (0.74 to 1.70) .60 1.02 (0.56 to 1.85) .94
 Adjuvant chemotherapy 0.98 (0.64 to 1.49) .92 1.42 (0.73 to 2.78) .30
 Male 1.19 (0.81 to 1.77) .38 0.89 (0.51 to 1.53) .66

Abbreviations: CERN, Collaborative Ependymoma Research Network; GENE, Global Ependymoma Network of Excellence; HR, hazard ratio; OS, overall survival; PFS, progression-free survival.