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Table 1 List of cancer sites following lognormal distribution and their S (standard deviation of the log-survival), multiplicative standard deviation, M (mean of the log-survival), and median values at minimum chi-square with maximum P-value

From: Minimum follow-up time required for the estimation of statistical cure of cancer patients: verification using data from 42 cancer sites in the SEER database

Site

S

SD*

M†

Median‡

Pt. No.

P-value

Pancreas

0.45

2.82

0.60

3.98

11185

0.57

Gallbladder

0.54

3.47

0.52

3.31

1196

0.60

Liver

0.62

4.17

0.41

2.57

1701

0.22

Esophagus

0.44

2.75

0.80

6.31

4915

0.35

Hypopharynx

0.41

2.57

0.96

9.12

298

0.57

Stomach

0.51

3.24

0.82

6.61

8608

0.13

Intrahepatic Bile Duct

0.61

4.07

0.63

4.27

105

0.50

Tonsil

0.46

2.88

1.02

10.47

137

0.70

Ureter

0.41

2.57

1.15

14.13

125

0.65

Tongue

0.47

2.95

1.05

11.22

684

0.44

Brain

0.64

4.37

0.74

5.50

2870

0.16

Lung & Bronchus (age<60)

0.63

4.27

0.78

6.03

18913

0.62

Floor of Mouth

0.42

2.63

1.20

15.85

126

0.95

Small Intestine

0.55

3.55

0.99

9.77

364

0.44

Ovary

0.48

3.02

1.13

13.49

4533

0.58

Vagina

0.49

3.09

1.13

13.49

108

0.30

Cecum

0.52

3.31

1.08

12.02

2702

0.16

Nasopharynx

0.46

2.88

1.19

15.49

151

0.90

Corpus Uteri

0.45

2.82

1.22

16.60

1446

0.73

Cervix Uteri

0.46

2.88

1.21

16.22

2256

0.72

Large Intestine, NOS

0.61

4.07

0.91

8.13

622

0.72

Splenic Flexure

0.48

3.02

1.19

15.49

506

0.43

Other Nervous System#

0.50

3.16

1.14

13.80

31

0.88

Colon (age<60)

0.45

2.82

1.26

18.20

2868

0.49

Hepatic Flexure

0.55

3.55

1.06

11.48

455

0.42

Penis

0.61

4.07

0.97

9.33

107

0.39

Uterus, NOS

0.62

4.17

0.96

9.12

81

0.40

Anus, Anal Canal & Anorectum

0.44

2.75

1.33

21.38

129

0.87

Nasal Cavity, Middle Ear & Accessory Sinuses

0.52

3.31

1.20

15.85

109

0.58

Soft Tissue (with heart)

0.50

3.16

1.25

17.78

445

0.52

Bones & Joints

0.54

3.47

1.21

16.22

208

0.78

Larynx

0.50

3.16

1.30

19.95

1752

0.43

Skin Melanomas

0.42

2.63

1.49

30.90

1744

0.24

Appendix

0.48

3.02

1.40

25.12

49

0.64

Vulva

0.62

4.17

1.15

14.13

235

0.11

Retroperitoneum

0.69

4.90

1.00

10.00

100

0.59

Pleura

0.75

5.62

0.90

7.94

47

0.47

Eye & Orbit

0.43

2.69

1.59

38.90

106

0.88

Prostate (age<60, 1973–77)

0.40

2.51

1.67

46.77

413

0.44

Salivary Gland (1973–77)

0.58

3.80

1.33

21.38

65

0.81

Breast (age<60, 1973–77)

0.47

2.95

1.71

51.29

4047

0.23

Thyroid (1973–77)

0.97

9.33

1.28

19.05

123

0.15

  1. The order of organ sites follows Table 2 in ascending order of the threshold years;
  2. SD* Mutiplicative standard deviation of the lognormal distribution;
  3. † M values in log-months;
  4. ‡ Median in months;
  5. Pt. No. denotes the number of patients died of the specific cancer;
  6. # Nervous system other than brain.
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