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Table 3 Cancer relapse in UFUR maintenance and observation groups

From: Monthly tegafur–uracil maintenance for increasing relapse-free survival in ypStage III rectal cancer patients after preoperative radiotherapy, radical resection, and 12 postoperative chemotherapy cycles: a retrospective study

 

With UFUR maintenance (n = 55)

Without maintenance (n = 47)

Patient number (%)

Patient number (%)P value

Relapse-location

 Local

3 (5.5)

3 (6.4)

0.843

 Distant

10 (18.2)

16 (34.0)

0.067

Relapse-organ

 Liver

7 (12.7)

8 (17.0)

0.542

 Lung

6 (10.9)

10 (21.3)

0.151

 Peritoneum

2 (3.6)

2 (4.3)

0.872

 Distant lymph nodes

1 (1.8)

1 (2.1)

0.911

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