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. 2022 Jul;23(7):2263–2269. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2022.23.7.2263

Table 2.

Time to Progress and Progression-Free Survival According to Characteristic Features of the Patients and Type of Salvage Therapy (N=66)

Characteristic features Time to progress
(month; range)
PFS, median
(month; 95% CI)
Unadjusted HR
(%; 95% CI)
Adjusted HR
(%; 95% CI)
Age 0.69 (0.32-0-1.48) 1.17 (0.49-2.78)
≤ 40 years (n=12) 4.1 (0.4-64) 3.30 (0.00-7.47)
> 40 years (n=54) 10.9 (0.2-62.5) 12.30 (8.86-15.74)
Stage 1.81 (1.02-3.23) 1.65 (0.82-3.13)
II (n=37) 9.8 (0.2-64) 12.37 (1.98-22.76)
III-IV (n=29) 6.9 (0.3-62.5) 10.47 (2.94-17.99)
Performance status 1.59 (0.88-2.86) 1.92 (1.02-3.62)
0-1 (n=63) 9.8 (0.2-64) 11.23 (7.31-15.16)
2-4 (n=3) 1.4 (0.4-17.9) 1.37 (7.21-15.25)
Treatment-free interval 0 (0-0.16) 0 (0-0.14)
≤ 6 months (n=25) 2.9 (0.2-5.5) 2.93 (1.68-4.19)
> 6 months (n=41) 16.5 (6.1-64) 18.62 (3.50-34.16)
Type of failures 0.73 (0.72-1.60) 0.19 (0.87-2.07)
Local (n=45) 17.1 (0.3-64.0) 10.5 (6.9-14.1)
Systemic (n=26) 16.5 (0.2-59.5) 15.4 (6.8-23.9)
Local and Systemic (n=14) 10.0 (0.4-40.2) 7.6 (1.6-13.6)
Primary treatment 1.61 (0.90-2.87) 1.47 (0.75-2.87)
CCRT (n=34) 12.3 (0.3-59.5) 12.37 (6.96-17.78)
CCRT+ACT (n=32) 6.8 (0.2-64) 8.03 (2.16-13.91)
Salvage therapy 1.25 (0.92-1.71) 1.02 (0.77-1.35)
Radiation therapy (n=8) 12.1 (2.1-27.6) 12.90 (8.69-17.11)
Surgery (n=2) 46.9 (29.8-64) 29.80 (18.4-72.6)
Chemotherapy (n=29) 8.5 (0.3-62.5) 9.83 (2.41-17.25)
Combined treatment (n=18) 15.1 (2.3-59.5) 23.07 (4.07-42.07)
Supportive care (n=9) 1.4 (0.2-4.5) 2.93 (0-2.82)

Note: Performance status referred to performance status of the patients at the time of event; Time to progress referred to duration from the start of salvage therapy to progression of disease; Treatment-free interval referred to duration from the last date of primary treatment to the date of even