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. 2020 May 25;18:106. doi: 10.1186/s12957-020-01883-y

Table 4.

Comparison of clinicopathologic parameters between ER and LTS groups

Groups ER (N = 28) 3-year LTS (N = 28) p vs ER 5-year LTS (N = 20) p vs ER
Sex (female) 22 23 1 17 0.716
Age (years) 50.07 [51 (30–72)] 57 [62(26–78)] 0.09 58.7 [63 (28–78)] 0.061
  < 30 0 2 1
 30–60 24 11 7
  > 60 4 15 12
Continuous variables mean (median [range]) mean (Median [range])
BMI 24.6 [24.2 (16.8–34.4)] 24.4 [24 (18–37)] 0.72 23.54 [23.98 (18.6–27.5)] 0.403
ASA score 0.861 0.859
 1 1 1 1
 2 22 23 16
 3 4 4 3
 4 1 0 0
Type of primary 0.226 0.396
 Breast 18 17 13
 Squamous origin 0 2 2
 Melanoma 2 1 1
 Genito-urinary 2 5 3
 Sarcoma 2 3 1
 Gastro-intestinal 3 0 0
 Esophagus 1 0 0
Disease-free interval 0.533 0.281
 0–12 months 13 10 7
 12–24 months 2 1 0
  > 24 months 13 17 13
AFC score 0.64 0.727
 1 5 4 2
 2 2 4 4
 3 6 9 5
 4 9 4 4
 5 5 6 4
 6 1 1 1
AFC score cat 0.422 0.770
Low/intermediate risk 13/15 17/11 11/ 9
Size of metastasis at diagnosis (mm) 37.8 [35 (12–70)] 33 [24(10–104)] 0.058 30.8 [24 (10–100)] 0.041
Size of metastasis pre-op (mm) 34.18 [34 (8–65)] 29.6 [22(3–100)] 0.166 29.4 [22 (3–100)] 0.143
Diam > 50 mm 9 6 0.547 4 0.512
Number of LM 2.25 [2 (1–5)] 2 [1(1–9)] 0.104 2.25 [1 (1–9)] 1
Number of LM pre-op 2.07 [2 (1–4)] 1.7 [1(1–9)] 0.021 1.95 [1 (1–9)] 0.792
Multinodular metastasis 18 14 0.418 9 0.242
Positive LN status of primary 18 7 0.002 5 0.007
Synchronous (< 12 months) 13 10 0.135 6 0.370
mCRS 0.132 0.190
 0 3 7 6
 1 8 10 6
 2 5 7 5
 3 9 4 3
 4 3 0 0
mCRS cat 0.037 0.059
Low-/high risk 16 /12 24 17/ 3
RF 10 5 0.371 3 0.354
Major hepatectomy 7 7 1 5 1
Post-operative complications 5 6 0.6 3 0.683
Clavien-Dindo 0.34 0.195
 I–II 3 3 3
 IIIa 2 1 0
Primary
 NACT 15 6 0.026 6 0.144
 ACT 22 18 0.375 13 0.339
Hormonal therapy 13 15 0.79 12 0.394
Radiotherapy 15 14 1 11 1
Immunotherapy 0.449 0.676
 No 19 18 13
 Trastuzumab 8 6 5
 Glivec 1 2 1
 Other 0 2 1
Liver metastasis
 NACT 24 23 1 17 1
 ACT 21 13 0.09 10 0.208

RFS relapse-free survivors, BMI body mass index, ASA American Society of Anesthesia, LN lymph node, LM liver metastases, mCRS modified clinical risk score, RF radiofrequency destruction, ACT adjuvant chemotherapy, NACT neoadjuvant chemotherapy, ER early relapse, LTS long-term survivors