Skip to main content

Table 3 Association between clinical characteristics and DFI in 246 NPC patients with lung metastasis(es) alone at diagnosis or the first failure.

From: Factors determining the survival of nasopharyngeal carcinoma with lung metastasis alone: does combined modality treatment benefit?

 

Disease-free interval

Characteristics

≤ 1 year

1-3 years

≥ 3 years

P a

Age (years)

   

0.018

   ≤ 45

39 (30.0)

47 (36.2)

44 (33.8)

 

   > 45

53 (45.7)

39 (33.6)

24 (20.7)

 

Gender

   

0.701

   Male

75 (38.3)

66 (33.6)

55 (28.1)

 

   Female

17 (34.0)

20 (40.0)

13 (26.0)

 

EBV VCA-lgAb

   

0.624

   ≤ 320:1c

35 (35.0)

37 (37.0)

28 (28.0)

 

   >320:1

30 (42.9)

22 (31.4)

18 (25.7)

 

EBV EA-lgAb

   

0.826

   ≤ 40:1d

42 (37.5)

38 (33.9)

32 (28.6)

 

   > 40:1

23 (39.7)

21 (36.2)

14 (24.1)

 

UICC T classification

   

0.001

   T1-2

25 (25.8)

33 (34.0)

39 (40.2)

 

   T3-4

67 (45.0)

53 (35.5)

29 (19.5)

 

UICC N classification

   

0.012

   N0

10 (24.4)

12 (29.3)

19 (46.3)

 

   N1-3

82 (40.0)

74 (36.1)

49 (23.9)

 
  1. Abbreviation: NPC, nasopharyngeal carcinoma; DFI, disease-free interval; UICC, International Union Against Cancer.
  2. aChi-square test;
  3. b Data was available for 170 cases;
  4. cMedian EBV VCA lgA;
  5. d Median EBV EA lgA.
Back to article page

BMC Cancer

ISSN: 1471-2407

Contact us