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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Cancer. 2019 Dec 2;125:130–141. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2019.07.029

Table 6.

Kaplan Meier and Cox Proportional Hazards Analysis for Disease Free Survival (DFS)

% DFS (95%CI)
Disease Free Survival
(3 NAs)
1-year 68.8 (64.1 – 73.9)
3-year 53.0 (47.8 – 58.7)
5-year 50.3 (45.0 – 56.2)
Variable Univariable regression Multivariable model
HR (95% CI) P HR (95% CI) P
Age (per decade increase in age) 1.08 (0.98 – 1.19) 0.09 1.06 (0.95 – 1.18) 0.29
Depth (deep vs superficial) 2.55 (1.58 – 4.11) <0.001 * 2.15 (1.25 – 3.68) 0.006 *
 Maximal Diameter (cm) 1.06 (1.04 – 1.08) <0.001 * 1.04 (1.02 – 1.07) <0.001 *
Margin
 Micro + vs Negative 1.68 (1.06 – 2.66) 0.03 * 1.63 (1.01 – 2.64) 0.04 *
 Gross + vs Negative 1.81 (0.98 – 3.36) 0.06 1.67 (0.88 – 3.16) 0.11
Radiotherapy (yes vs no) 0.99 (0.73 – 1.34) 0.96 0.92 (0.66 – 1.27) 0.61
Chemotherapy (yes vs no) 0.96 (0.72 – 1.30) 0.81 0.87 (0.62 – 1.22) 0.42
Treating institution n/a n/a 0.26

(†Variables in model selected based on a priori determination (CT and RT) and univariable cox analysis with p<0.10), ††Controlling for random effects of treating institution)

(n=343, 27 observations deleted due to missingness)