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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 25.
Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 2018 May 8;164(2):333–343. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.03.020

Table 3.

Embryonal tumor characteristics and operative outcomes for all TV <100 mL at time of resection.

n MIS n = 24 Open n = 68 Combined n = 92 P value
Stage
 Stage I/II 86 68% (13) 39% (26) 45% (39) .022
 Stage III/IV 32% (6) 61% (41) 55% (47)
COG risk group
 Low 85 57% (12) 38% (24) 42% (36) .286
 Intermediate (3) 22% (14) 20% (17)
 High 29% (6) 41% (26) 38% (32)
TV at diagnosis (mL) 91 26.3 [4.2, 57.8] 91.1 [17.6, 352.4] 52.3 [16.7, 279.4] .007
TV at time of resection (mL) 92 16.9 [3.1, 42.1] 24.3 [10.4, 42.1] 23.7 [9.3, 42.1] .184
 Upfront 41 24.7 [2.3, 46.8] 17.7 [11.5, 37.5] 17.8 [6.3, 44.4] *
 After neoadjuvant 51 10.3 [5.5, 29.1] 26.4 [10.2, 42.4] 24.6 [9.6, 41.8]
Fold reduction in TV after neoadjuvant chemotherapy 50 7.7 [3.7, 10.4] 9.1 [4.4, 20.5] 8.3 [4.2, 19.9] .412
IDRF at diagnosis (NBL only)
 0 IDRF 59 74% (14) 38% (15) 49% (29) .009
 1 + IDRF 26% (5) 63% (25) 51% (30)
IDRF at resection (NBL only)
 0 IDRF 60 95% (18) 56% (23) 68% (41) .003
 1 + IDRF (1) 44% (18) 32% (19)
Operating time (min) 81 161.5 [110, 240] 250 [176, 373] 234 [156, 330] .002
Estimated blood loss (ml) 81 10 [10, 35] 100 [30, 240] 70 [10, 175] < .001
Margin status
 Negative 79 44% (8) 57% (35) 54% (43) .333
 Positive 56% (10) 43% (26) 46% (36)
Lymph nodes dissected 51 1 [0, 3] 2 [1, 5.5] 2 [0, 5] .070
Duration of hospitalization (days) 92 2 [1,3] 4 [3, 5.5] 4 [2.5, 5] < .001
Time to next chemo (days) 58 12.5 [7.5, 19.5] 19.5 [14, 26] 18.5 [14, 25] .051
Residual TV (NBL only)
 ≥98% resection 55 94% (16) 68% (26) 76% (42) .038
 ≤98% resection (1) 32% (12) 24% (13)
Relapse at 5 years
 No 58 85% (11) 69% (31) 72% (42) .264
 Yes (2) 31% (14) 28% (16)
Survival at 5 years
 Alive 56 100% (12) 75% (33) 80% (45) .053
 Dead (0) 25% (11) 20% (11)
*

TV at resection for MIS by neoadjuvant status (upfront versus after neoadjuvant): P = .721. TV at resection for open by neoadjuvant status: P = .900.

MIS, minimally invasive surgery; TV, tumor volume; IDRF, image-defined risk factors; NBL, neuroblastic tumors.