Adjuvant chemotherapy is an additional option for locally advanced gastric cancer after radical gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy: a retrospective control study

Table 4 Disease-free survival by groups A, B, C and D

Adjuvant Chemotherapy cycles	Not received (A)	7–8 or 10–12 cycles (B)	4–6 or 6–9 cycles (C)	≤3 or 5 cycles (D)
Adjuvant Chemotherapy cycles	P	P	P	P
Not received (A)		0.003	0.018	0.838
7–8 or 10–12 cycles (B)	0.003		0.716	0.003
4–6 or 6–9 cycles (C)	0.018	0.716		0.015
≤3 or 5 cycles (D)	0.838	0.003	0.015

Note: According to the Bonferroni method, α was adjusted by dividing 0.05 by 6, P < 0.008, statistically significant

ISSN: 1471-2407