Table 1. Survival Analysis According to Clinicopathologic and Operative Findings.
| DFS | OS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Univariate | Multivariate | Univariate | Multivariate | |||||||
| Months | p value | Exp(β) | 95% CI | p value | Months | p value | Exp(β) | 95% CI | p value | |
| Age, yr | ||||||||||
| <63 (n=25)/≥63 (n=25) | 13.7/11.1 | 0.333 | 28.6/33.2 | 0.982 | ||||||
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Male (n=30)/Female (n=20) | 12.5/10.3 | 0.915 | 33.2/27.9 | 0.765 | ||||||
| CA19-9, U/mL | ||||||||||
| ≤109 (n=24)/>109 (n=25) | 18.0/10.2 | 0.243 | 35.8/21.7 | 0.340 | ||||||
| Tumor size, cm | ||||||||||
| <3.5 (n=27)/≥3.5 (n=23) | 13.7/8.4 | 0.134 | 42.1/18.9 | 0.031 | ||||||
| Yonsei criteria | 0.021 | 0.001 | ||||||||
| Satisfying (n=23) | 23.6 | 65.7 | ||||||||
| Not satisfying (n=27) | 10.3 | 20.2 | 2.59 | 1.151–5.829 | 0.021 | |||||
| NCCN resectability | ||||||||||
| Resectable (n=44)/Borderline (n=6) | 12.5/10.2 | 0.475 | 28.6/65.7 | 0.330 | ||||||
| pN stage | ||||||||||
| N0 (n=27)/N1 (n=23) | 13.7/10.2 | 0.094 | 37.2/21.2 | 0.143 | ||||||
| Number of metastatic LNs | <0.001 | 0.003 | ||||||||
| <2 (n=36) | 15.1 | |||||||||
| ≥2 (n=11) | 7.9 | 3.354 | 1.582–7.110 | 0.002 | 37.2 | 2.536 | 1.083–5.936 | 0.032 | ||
| LN ratio in N1 stage | 18.9 | |||||||||
| <0.09 (n=11)/> 0.09 (n=12) | 13.5/4.6 | 0.352 | 22.0/18.9 | 0.623 | ||||||
| Combined organ resection | ||||||||||
| No (n=38)/Yes (n=12) | 13.7/7.27 | 0.020 | 37.2/13.3 | 0.008 | ||||||
| Differentiation | ||||||||||
| Well (n=11) | 18.7 | 42.1 | ||||||||
| Moderate (n=34) | 12.5 | 28.6 | ||||||||
| Poor (n=4) | 3.2 | 13.3 | ||||||||
| Undifferentiation (n=1) | 8.0 | 39.3 | ||||||||
| Lymphovascular invasion | ||||||||||
| No (n=37)/Yes (n=10) | 12.2/18.0 | 0.676 | 28.6/21.2 | 0.865 | ||||||
| Perineural invasion | ||||||||||
| No (n=24)/Yes (n=23) | 12.2/12.8 | 0.849 | 22.0/33.2 | 0.444 | ||||||
| Transfusion | 0.005 | 0.028 | ||||||||
| No (n=37) | 18.0 | 39.3 | ||||||||
| Yes (n=13) | 6.6 | 2.615 | 1.248–5.482 | 0.011 | 20.28 | |||||
DFS, disease-free survival; OS, overall survival; CI, confidence interval; NCCN, National Comprehensive Cancer Network; LNs, lymph nodes.