Outcome and toxicity of radical radiotherapy or concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for elderly cervical cancer women

BMC Cancer

Table 2 Unvariate analysis of factors influencing OS, CSS and DFS

Factors	No.	3-year OS (%)	p	3-year CSS (%)	p	3-year DFS (%)	p
Age (years old)
70–74	44	64.0	0.7516	65.8	0.8542	66.1	0.9648
≥75	29	65.8		70.0		67.5
Histology
Squamous cell carcinoma	68	65.9	0.3010	68.9	0.2478	67.3	0.3806
Other histology	5	50.0		50.0		60.0
Stage
I	9	88.9	0.0004	88.9	0.0074	88.9	<0.0001
II	44	72.6		72.6		74.8
III	15	55.1		60.1		53.3
IV A	5	20.0		0		0
Lymph nodes metastasis
Yes	11	27.3	<0.0001	0	<0.0001	18.2	<0.0001
No	62	75.1		78.7		75.5
External beam irradiation technique
3D–CRT	21	57.1	0.4969	61.2	0.5433	57.1	0.2360
IMRT	52	70.5		72.2		71.6
Concurrent chemotherapy
Yes	24	83.1	0.0038	87.1	0.0061	83.3	0.0091
No	49	54.3		56.8		57.6

Abbreviations: OS Overall survival, CSS Cause-specific survival, DFS Disease-free survival, LNM Lymph nodes metastasis, 3D–CRT 3-Dimensional conformal radiation therapy, IMRT Intensity modulated radiation therapy

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