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Table 2 Multivariate cox regression analysis of overall survival (OS) rate and local control (LC) rate of the patients

From: A retrospective study of californium-252 neutron brachytherapy combined with EBRT versus 3D-CRT in the treatment of esophageal squamous cell cancer

Factors

OS rate

LC rate

 

HR (95 % CI)

P value

HR (95 % CI)

P value

Tumor length (≤5 cm vs >5 cm)

0.81 (0.68–0.96)

0.014

0.73 (0.58–0.92)

0.007

T stage (T1 + T2 vs T3 + T4)

0.84 (0.63–1.13)

0.257

0.85 (0.58–1.24)

0.398

N stage (N0 vs N1)

0.89 (0.73–1.09)

0.260

0.90 (0.68–1.18)

0.432

AJCC Stage (I + II vs III)

0.62 (0.52–0.74)

<0.0001

0.66 (0.52–0.84)

0.001

Treatment modality (3D–CRT vs NBT + EBRT)

1.27 (1.07–1.20)

0.005

1.26 (1.01–1.58)

0.043

  1. Abbreviations: HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval, EBRT + NBT external beam radiotherapy plus neutron brachytherapy, 3D-CRT three dimensional conformal radiotherapy