Table 2 Patterns of disease relapse in the early versus late relapse groups
|  | Entire cohort of patients with relapsing disease (n = 2327) | Early relapse | Late relapse | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 1630) | (n = 697) | |||
Site of recurrence |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
T | 993 (42.7) | 522 (32.0) | 471 (67.6) | Â |
N | 482 (20.7) | 405 (24.8) | 77 (11.0) | Â |
M | 452 (19.4) | 367 (22.5) | 85 (12.2) | Â |
T + N | 178 (7.6) | 137 (8.4) | 41 (5.9) |  |
T + M or N + M or T + N + M | 222 (9.5) | 199 (12.3) | 23 (3.3) |  |