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Table 3 Survival rates at 5-year

From: Comparing the 7th and 8th editions of UICC/AJCC staging system for nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the IMRT era

7th edition

8th edition

T category

OS

DFS

LRRFS

T category

OS

DFS

LRRFS

T1

95.1%

91.5%

98.8%

T1

95.0%

91.3%

98.7%

T2

93.5%

90.1%

95.1%

T2

93.7%

88.8%

95.2%

T3

84.6%

76.6%

89.6%

T3

81.4%

72.6%

91.4%

T4

69.5%

58.2%

83.3%

T4

56.5%

50.0%

78.5%

N category

OS

DFS

DMFS

N category

OS

DFS

DMFS

N0

97.0%

97.0%

98.0%

N0

97.0%

97.0%

98.0%

N1

84.4%

75.3%

92.3%

N1

87.8%

75.3%

92.3%

N2

84.4%

75.8%

88.4%

N2

84.8%

77.1%

89.0%

N3a

75.0%

75.0%

75.0%

N3

72.3%

61.5%

78.5%

N3b

71.1%

50.5%

74.8%

    

Clinical stage

OS

DFS

 

Clinical stage

OS

DFS

 

I

100.0%

100.0%

 

I

100.0%

100.0%

 

II

98.0%

98.0%

 

II

98.0%

98.0%

 

III

91.3%

88.7%

 

III

88.0%

78.9%

 

IVA

74.6%

70.2%

 

IVA

73.4%

61.5%

 

IVB

74.6%

72.2%

     
  1. Abbreviations: OS Overall survival. DFS Disease-free survival. LRRFS Locoregional recurrence-free survival. DMFS Distant metastasis-free survival