Table 2. Studies reporting data on DFI.

Study	Patients with synchronous metastases (%)	median DFI (months)
Briccoli	27	NR
Buddingh	38	NR
Dear	0%a	17
Dossett	17	13
García-Franco	NR	20
Giuliano	6	14
Harting	17	NR
Lin	15	20
Mizuno	2	13
Okiror	NR	25
Pfannschmidt	14	26
Rehders	26	21
Reza	13	14
Smith	19	15
Suri	NR	11
Suzuki	23	14 (mean)
Van Geel	NR	38 (mean)
Welter	NR	34

^a, patients excluded from the study. DFI, disease-free interval; NR, not reported.