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Table 2 Pattern of recurrence for different adjuvant therapies

From: The impact of adjuvant therapies on patient survival and the recurrence patterns for resected stage IIa–IVa lower thoracic oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Distribution

S (n = 32)

S + CT (n = 23)

S + RT (n = 26)

S + CRT (n = 46)

Total (n = 127)

Recurrence

27 (84.4%)

20 (87.0%)

15 (57.7%)*

26 (56.5%)*

88 (69.3%)

Lymph node

22 (68.8%)

19 (82.6%)

13 (50.0%)

19 (41.3%)*

73 (57.5%)

Anastomosis

2 (6.3%)

2 (8.7%)

1 (3.8%)

2 (4.3%)

7 (5.5%)

Haematology

8 (25.0%)

5 (21.7%)

7 (26.9%)

12 (26.1%)

32 (25.2%)

Mixed

5 (15.6%)

5 (21.7%) #

5 (19.2%) #

7 (15.2%)

22 (17.3%)

No recurrence

5 (15.6%)

3 (13.0%)

11 (42.3%)*

20 (43.5%)*

39 (30.7%)

  1. #Recurrence was found in the lymph nodes, anastomosis, and haematologically at the same time. *The recurrence rate had a statistically significant difference compared to S (p < 0.05)