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Table 4 Univariate and multivariate analyses for overall and progression-free survival

From: Prognostic factors affecting survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with salvage surgery after drug therapy: a multi-institutional retrospective study

Variables (favorable factor)

OS

PFS

Univariate

Multivariate

Univariate

Multivariate

p

HR (95% CI)

p

p

HR (95% CI)

p

Age (under 75)

0.99

-

-

0.06

-

-

Sex (female)

0.99

-

-

0.47

-

-

c stage (stage III [vs. IV])

0.62

-

-

0.80

-

-

yc stage (stages I–III [vs. IV])

0.61

-

-

0.97

-

-

yp stage (stages I–III [vs. IV])

0.19

-

-

0.03

0.40 (0.12–1.32)

0.13

Prior treatment (TKI)

0.04

0.06 (0.006–0.68)

0.02

0.86

-

-

Initial serum CEA level (under 5 ng/mL)

0.39

-

-

0.10

-

-

Preoperative serum CEA level (under 5 ng/mL)

0.007

0.03 (0.002–0.41)

0.01

0.04

0.49 (0.21–1.17)

0.11

Surgical mode (lobectomy)

0.99

-

-

0.25

-

-

Surgical mode (segmentectomy or more)

0.99

-

-

0.40

-

-

Mediastinal lymph node dissection (yes)

0.73

-

-

0.73

-

-

Histology (non-adenocarcinoma)

0.11

-

-

0.82

-

-

Pathological complete response of primary lesion (yes)

0.99

-

-

0.99

-

-

Postoperative treatment (yes)

0.30

-

-

0.58

-

-

  1. OS overall survival, PFS progression-free survival, HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval, TKI tyrosine kinase inhibitor, CEA carcinoembryonic antigen