Table 2.
Variable | Overall survival VSCC† | Progression-free survival VSCC† | ||||
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95% CI | HR | p-valuea | 95% CI | HR | p-valuea | |
Recurrence: Y vs. N | 1.529 – 30.36 | 6.814 | 0.0118* | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Age: ≥60 vs. <60 (REF) | 0.2702 – 5.298 | 1.196 | 0.8132 | 0.3528 – 2.887 | 1.009 | 0.9863 |
Stage: III vs. I | 0.5904 – 22.74 | 3.664 | 0.1633 | 0.3452 – 3.867 | 1.156 | 0.8146 |
Margin (mm):<8 vs. ≥8 (REF) | 0.2319 – 10.93 | 1.592 | 0.6360 | 0.3972 – 5.929 | 1.535 | 0.5345 |
Post-op chemo: N vs. Y | 0.4373 – 24.92 | 3.301 | 0.2468 | 0.5579 – 8.255 | 2.146 | 0.2666 |
Post-op radiation: N vs. Y | 0.4864 – 23.79 | 3.401 | 0.2173 | 0.6723 – 8.534 | 2.395 | 0.1778 |
Smoking: Y vs. N | 0.2439 – 4.872 | 1.090 | 0.9100 | 0.2470 – 2.016 | 0.7056 | 0.5151 |
Focality: Multifocal vs. unifocal | 0.2612 – 10.32 | 1.641 | 0.5972 | 1.312 – 28.38 | 6.103 | 0.0211* |
LVSI: N vs. Y | 0.3429 – 10.13 | 1.863 | 0.4711 | 0.4019 – 4.393 | 1.329 | 0.6413 |
LN: pos vs. neg | 1.610 –160.5 | 16.07 | 0.0180* | 0.3149 – 5.818 | 1.353 | 0.6842 |
Surgery: Wide local excision vs. vulvectomy | 0.03909 – 1820 | 8.435 | 0.0151* | 0.02283 – 4669 | 10.33 | 0.0064* |
Nodal dissection: N vs. Y | 0.5591 – 142.6 | 8.927 | 0.0003* | 0.6909 –61.38 | 6.512 | 0.0001* |
Re-excision: N vs. Y | 0.1830 – 9.165 | 1.295 | 0.7956 | 0.04323 –1.553 | 0.2591 | 0.1394 |
Depth (mm): ≥8 vs. <8 (REF) | 0.2414 – 4.792 | 1.076 | 0.9238 | 0.1453 – 1.306 | 0.4357 | 0.1381 |
Tumor size (mm):≤30 vs. >30 (REF) | 0.2553 – 5.486 | 1.184 | 0.8294 | 0.5302 – 4.358 | 1.520 | 0.4358 |
History of Lichen sclerosus: N vs. Y | 0.1743 – 4.965 | 0.9303 | 0.9326 | 0.3492 – 3.418 | 1.092 | 0.8793 |
Abbreviations: VSCC, vulvar squamous cell carcinoma; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; Y, yes; N, no; N/A, not applicable; mm, millimeters; post-op, post-operative; chemo, chemotherapy; LVSI, lymphovascular space invasion; LN, lymph nodes.
Calculations were performed using the log-rank test in GraphPad Prism® version 9.0.0.
P-values are reported for tests of statistical significance. All comparisons were two-tailed and the alpha error was set at 5%.
Statistically significant.