Table 1 Association of clinicopathological factors, cell nest size, tumour budding activity and Cellular Dissociation Grade with survival parameters in univariate survival analysis

From: Post-neoadjuvant cellular dissociation grading based on tumour budding and cell nest size is associated with therapy response and survival in oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma

 

Overall

Events (OS)

Mean overall survival

p-value

Events (DSS)

Mean disease-specific survival

p-value

Events (DFS)

Mean disease-free survival

p-value

Age

 Median and below

59

43

55.2

0.05

37

61.0

0.022

42

52.6

0.45

 Above median

63

52

48.0

 

49

52.8

 

50

45.2

 

Sex

 Male

95

74

58.8

0.80

65

69.0

0.539

70

59.9

0.399

 Female

27

21

41.6

 

21

41.6

 

22

32.1

 

ypT

 1

12

8

63.4

0.16

7

69.9

0.199

8

59.4

0.434

 2

35

25

56.2

 

24

58.7

 

26

50.3

 

 3

71

58

37.6

 

53

40.2

 

56

35.4

 

 4

4

4

66.9

 

2

95.8

 

2

95.8

 

ypN

 0

75

55

71.8

0.09

48

84.5

0.065

51

73.9

0.041

 1

45

38

33.7

 

36

36.3

 

39

29.9

 

 2

2

2

26.2

 

2

26.2

 

2

19.9

 

ypM

 0

117

91

57.9

0.125

82

66.1

0.094

87

57.8

0.02

 1

5

4

14.8

 

4

14.8

 

5

12.4

 

Regression grade (Becker et al.)

 1B

51

34

58.0

0.026

29

65.0

0.013

32

56.4

0.012

 2

22

16

47.3

 

16

47.3

 

17

44.1

 

 3

49

45

40.5

 

41

46.2

 

43

38.8

 

Tumour budding (1 HPF)

 None

15

7

77.9

0.025

4

96.1

0.003

5

83.9

0.001

 Low (2–4 buds)

49

42

52.9

 

37

62.5

 

49

55.7

 

 High ( ≥5 buds)

58

46

39.3

 

45

40.6

 

58

33.9

 

Cell nest size

 >15 cells

11

5

77.7

0.085

3

95.4

0.010

3

95.7

0.01

 5–15 cells

4

2

74.5

 

1

95.9

 

2

67.2

 

 2–4 cells

19

15

59.6

 

12

64.7

 

13

54.3

 

 Single cells

88

73

50.8

 

70

53.4

 

74

45.3

 

Cellular Dissociation Grade

 CDG-G1 (score 2–3)

15

7

77.9

0.038

4

96.1

0.004

5

83.9

0.003

 CDG-G2 (score 4–5)

19

16

57.7

 

13

62.3

 

14

52.3

 

 CDG-G3 (score 6–7)

88

72

51.0

 

69

53.6

 

73

45.5

 
  1. Italics values indicate statistical significance p-values