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Table 2 Univariate analysis of potential prognostic factors

From: Efficacy of salvage surgery versus re-irradiation for isolated regional lymph node recurrence in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Characteristics

Subgroups

OS

RRFS

DMFS

5-year (%)

P

5-year (%)

P

5-year (%)

P

Gender

Male

72.5

0.380

67.1

0.810

74.1

0.231

Female

78.3

 

68.2

 

82.7

 

Age at recurrence (y)

 < 50

83.4

0.013

70.3

0.497

74.2

0.677

 ≥ 50

62.9

 

63.6

 

78.7

 

Treatment after recurrent

Surgery

75.6

0.973

62.7

0.330

77.4

0.901

Re-irradiation

72.4

 

71.1

 

74.9

 

Chemotherapy before recurrent

No

78.8

0.830

63.6

0.389

79.5

0.720

Yes

73.5

 

68.0

 

74.5

 

rN classification

rN1-2

77.1

0.015

66.4

0.301

76.3

0.668

rN3

48.9

 

76.2

 

74.1

 

rENE

Without

87.3

0.007

75.9

0.364

92.9

0.001

With

63.1

 

60.9

 

60.8

 

MAD of recurrent lymph nodes

 < 3 cm

74.9

0.487

72.5

0.214

74.7

0.861

 ≥ 3 cm

73.0

 

61.9

 

803

 

Failure patterns

In-field

74.1

0.732

70.9

0.168

81.0

0.019

Out-field

72.9

 

56.2

 

60.9

 

Bilateral of LN

No

73.9

0.515

68.0

0.618

75.7

0.632

Yes

74.7

 

64.2

 

78.9

 

Chemotherapy after recurrent

No

73.2

0.725

63.6

0.960

75.6

0.747

Yes

73.7

 

68.6

 

75.1

 

Pretreatment EBV-DNA

 < 589

82.1

0.158

65.0

0.045

76.9

0.795

 ≥ 589

70.9

 

89.1

 

84.2

 
  1. Abbreviation: OS overall survival, RRFS regional recurrence-free survival, DMFS distant metastasis-free survival, rENE radiology extra-nodal extension, CR complete response, PR partial response, SD stable disease, PD progression of disease, LN lymph node