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. 2021 Feb 19;14(5):101037. doi: 10.1016/j.tranon.2021.101037

Table 2.

Predictors of Overall Survival in ESCC patients with Non-pCR to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy.

Clinicopathologic parameters Untivariate Analysis Mutivariate analysis
HR (95% CI) P Value HR (95% CI) P Value
Age (yrs)
≤55 VS >55 0.881(0.513–1.151) 0.647
Sex
Female VS Male 1.596(0.497–5.123) 0.432
Smoking
No VS Yes 1.156(0.666–2.009) 0.606
Prognostic nutritional index
<49 VS ≥49 1.318(0.768–2.261) 0.317
Tumor location
Upper VS Middle 1.477(0.729–2.991) 0.279
Upper VS Distal 2.023(0.821–4.986) 0.126
Primary tumor length
<7 cm VS ≥7cm 1.031(0.601–1.768) 0.911
Clinical T stage
T2 VS T3 0.409(0.055–3.038) 0.382
T2 VS T4 0.433(0.057–3.284) 0.418
Clinical N stage
N0 VS N+ 1.519(0.683–3.379) 0.306
Clinical TNM stage
II VS III 1.046(0.406–2.699) 0.925
II VS IV 1.075(0.398–2.903) 0.887
yp T stage
T0–2 VS T3–4 1.586(0.912–2.759) 0.102
yp N stage
N0 VS N+ 1.400(0.803–2.441) 0.236
yp TNM stage
I/II VS III/VI 2.203(1.111–3.683) 0.021 1.872(1.012–3.463) 0.046
Radiation dose (Gy)
<40 VS ≥40 0.919(0.510–1.656) 0.779
Radiotherapy modality
2DTR VS 3DRT/IMRT 1.377(0.792–2.394) 0.256
Chemotherapy cycle
1 VS ≥2 0.775(0.446–1.347) 0.366
Number of LN examined
<25 VS ≥25 0.994(0.578–1.708) 0.981
Lymph vessel invasion
No VS Yes 2.279(1.260–4.122) 0.006 1.821(0.985–3.368) 0.056
Perineural invasion
No VS Yes 2.362(1.245–4.481) 0.009 2.296(1.195–4.412) 0.013
Adjuvant chemotherapy
No VS Yes 1.086(0.633–1.863) 0.765

HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; 2DRT, two-dimensional conformal radiation therapy; 3DRT, three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy; IMRT, intensity-modulated radiation therapy; LN, lymph node.