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Table 2 Univariate analysis of prognostic factors

From: Clinical outcome of elderly patients (≥ 70 years) with esophageal cancer undergoing definitive or neoadjuvant radio(chemo)therapy: a retrospective single center analysis

 

LRC

DC

FFTF

OS

1-yr rate

p value

1-yr rate

p value

1-yr rate

p value

1-yr rate

p value

Gender

 Male

63%

0.192

81%

0.464

57%

0.33

43%

0.443

 Female

44%

 

78%

 

44%

 

60%

 

Age

        

  < 75 yrs

54%

0.523

78%

0.572

50%

0.652

30%

0.236

  ≥ 75 yrs

63%

 

80%

 

57%

 

58%

 

Charlson score

  ≤ 1

61%

0.901

83

0.493

58%

0.991

51%

0.041

  > 1

56%

 

74

 

55%

 

33%

 

Histology

 SCC

62%

0.484

86%

0.121

57%

0.456

50%

0.107

 Adenocarcinoma

55%

 

63%

 

47%

 

36%

 

Localization

 Cervical

80%

0.335

80%

0.427

60%

0.267

60%

0.249

 Upper thoracic

71%

 

100%

 

71%

 

33%

 

 Middle thoracic

51%

 

76%

 

47%

 

47%

 

 Lower thoracic

59%

 

77%

 

53%

 

61%

 

Grading

 G2

63%

0.853

80%

0.811

57%

0.818

53%

0.238

 G3

53%

 

79%

 

48%

 

39%

 

T stage

        

 T1–3

59%

0.911

83%

0.374

55%

0.559

56%

0.002

 T4

78%

 

78%

 

67%

 

9%

 

N stage

 N0

70%

0.201

93%

0.035

64%

0.161

44%

0.921

 N+

54%

 

72%

 

49%

 

48%

 

time period

 before 2008

42%

0.061

84%

0.366

35%

0.048

24%

< 0.001

 after 2008

67%

 

80%

 

64%

 

66%

 

PET-CT Staging

 yes

66%

0.085

80%

0.866

61%

0.101

63%

< 0.001

 no

27%

 

86%

 

25%

 

17%

 

RT sequence

 neoadj

100%

0.022

100%

0.146

100%

0.014

71%

0.055

 definitive

53%

 

77%

 

47%

 

43%

 

RT technique

 3D-CRT

59%

0.638

83%

0.918

53%

0.508

43%

0.076

 IMRT

75%

 

75%

 

75%

 

80%

 

Chemotherapy

 no

30%

0.351

86%

0.481

28%

0.24

50%

0.317

 yes

64%

 

80%

 

61%

 

46%

 

LRC

 no

  

87%

0.054

  

37%

0.605

 yes

  

72%

   

63%

 
  1. LRC locoregional control, DC distant control, FFTF freedom from treatment failure, OS overall survival, 1-yr rate 1-year rate, yrs. years, PET-CT positron emission tomography with computed tomography, RT radiation therapy, 3D-CRT three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy, IMRT intensity-modulated radiation therapy