Table 3 Multivariate analysis of locoregional recurrence-free survival (LRFS), relapse-free survival (RFS), and overall survival (OS) in patients with (i) T2-3N0M0 and (ii) T2-3N1-2M0 stage disease.

From: Benefit of Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Resected Gallbladder Carcinoma

Factor

 

LRFS

RFS

OS

HR (95% CI)

* p

HR (95% CI)

* p

HR (95% CI)

* p

(i) T2-3N0M0

T classification

T2

1.000

 

1.000

 

 

T3

13.341 (4.098–43.433)

0.001

8.351 (3.204–21.763)

<0.001

Vascular invasion

No

 

 

1.000

 

Yes

5.703 (1.964–16.561)

0.001

Perineural invasion

No

 

 

1.000

 

Yes

3.398 (1.308–8.825)

0.012

(ii) T2-3N1-2M0

N classification

N1

1.000

 

1.000

 

1.000

 

N2

3.232 (1.591–6.566)

0.001

2.621 (1.388–4.948)

0.003

2.232 (1.218–4.091)

0.009

Postop CA 19-9 level

≤37

1.000

 

1.000

 

1.000

 

(U/mL)

>37

4.167 (1.929–9.001)

0.001

4.776 (2.366–9.641)

<0.001

2.248 (1.215–4.160)

0.016

Vascular invasion

No

 

1.000

 

1.000

 

Yes

3.258 (1.384–7.668)

0.007

2.953 (1.620–5.383)

<0.001

Lymphatic invasion

No

1.000

 

 

 

Yes

5.819 (1.801–18.798)

0.003

Adjuvant Therapy

No-AT

1.000

 

1.000

 

1.000

 

CTx

0.360 (0.170–0.760)

0.007

0.409 (0.203–0.826)

0.013

0.328 (0.165–0.651)

0.001

CRT

0.081 (0.029–0.228)

<0.001

0.247 (0.123–0.497)

<0.001

0.130 (0.060–0.282)

<0.001

  1. Abbreviations: HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; others are the same as in Table 1.
  2. *Multivariate analysis using the Cox proportional hazards model.