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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 10.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2013 Jul 15;86(4):678–685. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.03.032

Table 3.

Overall survival (OS) for 48 patients enrolled on study

Variable N Median (mo) 1-year OS 2-year OS 5-year OS HR 95% CI P
All subjects 48 24.39 (18.87, 29.65) 93 (86, 100) 51 (37, 71) 20 (10, 42)
Age <65 32 24.69 (19, 37.38) 94 (85, 100) 57 (40, 81) 19 (8, 49) 1 -
Age 65+ 16 21.11 (18.28, 72.8+) 93 (82, 100) 42 (22, 82) 25 (10, 67) 0.91 (0.41, 2.01) .81
Tumor diameter ≤3 cm 23 31.46 (28.18, 72.8+) 96 (88, 100) 78 (60, 100) 34 (15, 78) 1 -
Tumor diameter >3 cm 25 18.87 (18.21, 25.08) 91 (81, 100) 31 (16, 60) 10 (3, 38) 2.69 (1.22, 5.96) .01
Isolated recurrence pattern 40 26.73 (18.38, 72.8+) 92 (84, 100) 60 (45, 81) 29 (16, 55) 1 -
Synchronous recurrence pattern 8 19.13 (18.87, 72.8+) 100 (100, 100) 25 (8, 83) 0 (NA, NA) 1.90 (0.82, 4.39) .13
Negative margin status 20 19 (18.21, 72.8+) 100 (100, 100) 39 (21, 72) 10 (2, 53) 1 -
Positive margin status 28 25.08 (19.27, 72.8+) 89 (77, 100) 62 (44, 88) 31 (15, 63) 0.65 (0.31, 1.38) .26
Male 7 29.65 (24.69, 72.8+) 100 (100, 100) 83 (58, 100) 28 (5, 100) 1 -
Female 41 21.11 (18.38, 31.46) 92 (84, 100) 46 (31, 68) 18 (8, 43) 1.26 (0.44, 3.66) .67
Uninvolved lymph nodes 32 25.08 (19, 72.8+) 97 (90, 100) 54 (36, 81) 15 (3, 61) 1 -
Involved lymph nodes 16 19.27 (18.28, 72.8+) 88 (73, 100) 48 (28, 81) 20 (7, 56) 1.09 (0.51, 2.33) .82
Grade <3 10 21.34 (18.87, 72.8+) 89 (71, 100) 38 (16, 92) 25 (8, 84) 1 -
Grade 3+ 38 24.69 (18.38, 37.38) 95 (88, 100) 56 (40, 78) 19 (8, 46) 0.88 (0.37, 2.07) .76
Tumor in body/tail 34 21.34 (19, 29.06) 97 (91, 100) 48 (31, 74) 16 (6, 44) 1 -
Tumor in head 14 24.69 (16.21, 72.8+) 85 (67, 100) 54 (33, 89) 26 (9, 74) 0.79 (0.35, 1.78) .57
ECOG 0 23 19 (16.57, 29.65) 90 (79, 100) 38 (19, 73) 8 (1, 49) 1 -
ECOG 1 23 28.18 (21.34, 72.8+) 96 (88, 100) 68 (50, 93) 32 (14, 71) 0.37 (0.17, 0.83) .02
Baseline CA19-9 above median 14 18.28 (16.57, 72.8+) 85 (67, 100) 42 (20, 88) 11 (2, 67) 1 -
Baseline CA19-9 below median 34 24.69 (19.27, 72.8+) 97 (91, 100) 55 (38, 78) 24 (10, 54) 0.53 (0.24, 1.16) .11

Abbreviations CI = confidence interval; ECOG = Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; HR = hazard ratio.

Median survival is shown in months with a 95% CI. Values for OS probability at 1, 2, and 5 years are shown with 95% CIs. All HRs and P values are from univariate models.