Table 3.
Recurrence pattern depends on primary disease extent by PET_CT
| Total | PET_CT stage III | PET_CT stage IV by SdLNM | PET_CT stage IV by other | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers of recurrence | 151 | 75 | 41 | 35 | ||||
| Recurrent rate (%) | 51.2 | 45.5 | 56.9 | 60.3 | ||||
| Location of recurrence | N | % | ||||||
| Thoracic space | 11 | 7.3 | 6 | 8.0 | 2 | 4.9 | 3 | 8.6 |
| Intraperitoneal space | 119 | 78.8 | 60 | 80.0 | 35 | 85.4 | 24 | 68.6 |
| Thoracic + Intraperitoneal space | 12 | 7.9 | 5 | 6.7 | 1 | 2.4 | 6 | 17.1 |
| Pleural effusion only | 5 | 3.3 | 2 | 2.7 | 2 | 4.9 | 1 | 2.9 |
| other (brain, bone, skin) | 3 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.3 | 1 | 2.4 | 1 | 2.9 |
| unknown (f/u loss) | 1 | 0.7 | 1 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |