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Table 3 Multivariate analysis for the overall survival

From: Prognostic impact of pathological complete remission after preoperative irradiation in patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: re-analysis of a phase 3 clinical study

 

B

SE

p

HR (95% CI)

Gender

male vs female

−.816

.561

0.146

0.442 (0.147–1.327)

Age

≤55 vs >55

.359

.425

0.399

1.431 (0.622–3.294)

Primary site

hypopharyngeal carcinoma/laryngeal carcinoma vs other primary sites

1.024

.431

0.018

2.783 (1.196–6.476)

Degree of pathological differentiation

Well/modarate vs poor differentiaon / undifferentiation

1.833

.543

0.001

6.254 (2.157–18.129)

T stage

T4 vs T1–3

.406

.441

0.357

1.501 (0.633–3.564)

N stage

N0 vs N1–2 vs N3

1.511

.489

0.002

4.532 (1.737–11.824)

Technology of radiation

2D vs IMRT

−.256

.572

0.654

0.774 (0.252–2.376)

Chemotherapy

No vs Yes

−.596

.419

0.155

0.551 (0.242–1.252)

pCR

Yes vs No

2.460

.694

0.000

11.71 (3.003–45.663)