Table 6. Patient distribution according to the TNM 7th edition and the new staging system.

Stage	New Stage	Patients n.	Recurrences n.	5yr-DFS	P value
IA	IA	40	0	100.0	—
	Global	40	0	100.0
IB	IB	43	1	97.6
	IIA	1	1	0.0	< 0.001
	Global	44	2	95.2
IIA	IB	2	0	100.0
	IIA	34	6	81.3	0.52
	Global	36	6	82.4
IIB	IIB	42	12	66.2
	IIIA	2	2	0.0	0.045
	Global	44	14	62.3
IIIA	IIB	6	0	100.0
	IIIA	32	18	40.2	0.054
	IIIB	12	8	33.3
	Global	50	26	45.5
IIIB	IIIA	6	0	100.0
	IIIB	34	26	18.8	0.013
	IIIC	10	8	20.0
	Global	50	34	27.9
IIIC	IIIB	9	3	66.7
	IIIC	11	11	0.0	0.045
	Global	20	14	18.0
New Stage	Stage	Patients n.	Recurrences n.	5yr-DFS	P value
IA	IA	40	0	100.0	—
	Global	40	0	100.0
IB	IB	43	1	97.6
	IIA	2	0	0.0	0.82
	Global	45	1	97.7
IIA	IB	1	1	100.0
	IIA	34	6	81.3	0.10
	Global	35	7	78.8
IIB	IIB	42	12	66.2
	IIIA	6	0	100.0	0.11
	Global	48	12	71.2
IIIA	IIB	2	2	0.0
	IIIA	32	18	40.2	0.69
	IIIB	6	0	100.0
	Global	40	20	46.4
IIIB	IIIA	12	8	33.3
	IIIB	34	26	18.8	0.07
	IIIC	9	3	66.7
	Global	55	37	25.7
IIIC	IIIB	10	8	20.0
	IIIC	11	11	0.0	0.09
	Global	21	19	9.5