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Table 3 Overall and recurrence-free survival according to patient characteristics and treatment variables

From: Postoperative radiotherapy with or without concurrent chemotherapy for oral squamous cell carcinoma in patients with three or more minor risk factors: a propensity score matching analysis

Characteristic

5-year overall survival (p-value)

5-year recurrence-free survival

Sex

 Male

51.4% (0.539)

56.7% (0.826)

 Female

50%

75%

Age

 < 40 years

100% (0.136)

100% (0.19)

 40 years

49.1%

56.9%

Smoking

 Yes

51.5% (0.536)

57.2% (0.91)

 No

50%

66.7%

Alcohol

 Yes

55.5% (0.311)

57.6% (0.575)

 No

35.7%

72.7%

Betel quid

 Yes

42.2% (0.068)

50.8% (0.154)

 No

71.1%

75.9%

Anemia

 Yes

29.2% (0.002)*

54% (0.106)

 No

60.2%

61%

Differentiation

  

 Poor

40% (0.752)

30% (0.03)*

 Well or moderate

53.1%

64%

pT stage

 pT4

52.9% (0.978)

64% (0.461)

 pT1–3

48%

50%

pN stage

 N1

55.3% (0.481)

62.7% (0.34)

 N0

48.4%

53.8%

Surgical margin

 ≤ 4 mm

48.2% (0.791)

59.8% (0.587)

 > 4 mm

56%

57.6%

Skin invasion

 Yes

59.3% (0.485)

64.6% (0.428)

 No

48.9%

57.1%

Bone invasion

 Yes

46.4% (0.44)

55.4% (0.396)

 No

55%

61.7%

Perineural invasion

 Yes

51.2% (0.953)

58.8% (0.723)

 No

50.2%

59.2%

Vascular invasion

 Yes

60% (0.444)

60% (0.785)

 No

48.8%

57%

Lymphatic invasion

 Yes

50% (0.948)

50% (0.752)

 No

51.2%

59.1%

Invasion depth

 ≥ 11 mm

52.1% (0.432)

69.2% (0.177)

 < 11 mm

42.9%

57.1%

RT technique

 Other

47.2% (0.623)

51.7% (0.489)

 IMRT

56.1%

78.3%

RT duration

 > 8 weeks

28.6% (0.07)

28.6% (0.063)

 ≤ 8 weeks

53.7%

62.3%

Time between OP & RT

 > 6 weeks

42% (0.192)

48.2% (0.38)

 ≤ 6 weeks

57%

65.5%

RT Dose

 < 6600 cGy

39.2% (0.065)

50.8% (0.191)

 6600 cGy

73.9%

73.7%

Concurrent chemotherapy

 No

35.3% (0.018)*

426% (0.009)*

 Yes

67.2%

75.4%

  1. *Statistically significant in the multivariate analysis, p < 0.05
  2. Abbreviations: RT radiotherapy, IMRT intensity-modulated radiotherapy, OP operation