Table 3.

Multivariate analysis of the association between general variables and treatment response in the 105 patients.

Variable	Predictor for response
	p-Value	OR [95% CI]
p16 (positive vs. negative)	0.356	2.16 [0.762–6.448]
Total MTV (≥40.6 vs. <40.6)	0.004	4.326 [1.327–8.332]
Combined positive score
<1
1–20	0.032	2.198 [1.032–5.432]
≥20	0.002	6.438 [1.983–15.725]
Drug combination (TPF vs. none)	0.017	3.218 [1.836–7.338]

MTV, metabolic tumor volume; TPF, docetaxel + cisplatin + fluorouracil.