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Table 3 Failure Pattern for Patients Treated with and without PORT

From: Postoperative radiotherapy is effective in improving survival of patients with stage pIII-N2 non-small-cell lung Cancer after pneumonectomy

 

Patients (N = 119)

Total (n = 119)

PORT (n = 32)

Control (n = 87)

p-value

Failure mode

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

 

Local

11 (9.2)

0 (0.0)

11 (12.6)

0.035

Regional

33 (27.7)

5 (15.6)

28 (32.2)

0.074

Local and Regional

39 (32.8)

5 (15.6)

34 (39.1)

0.016

Distant

58 (48.7)

16 (50.0)

42 (48.3)

0.867

  1. Abbreviation: PORT postoperative radiotherapy