Table 1 Clinical and treatment features with associated OS.
From: Outcome of multidisciplinary treatment of peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor
Variables | N | Univariate | Multivariate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median OS (month) | P value | Hazard ratio | P value | ||
Age at diagnosis | |||||
> 35 years | 42 | 12 | 0.449 | ||
18–35 years | 57 | 17 | |||
≤ 18 years | 62 | 18 | |||
Sex | |||||
Female | 89 | 21 | 0.009 | 0.581 | 0.088 |
Male | 72 | 13 | |||
Tumor site | |||||
Visceral | 90 | 15 | 0.138 | ||
Non-visceral | 71 | 18 | |||
Surgery | |||||
Yes | 136 | 18 | < 0.001 | 0.362 | 0.005 |
No | 25 | 10 | |||
Chemotherapy | |||||
Yes | 135 | 17 | 0.001 | 2.547 | 0.225 |
No | 26 | 13.5 | |||
Radiotherapy | |||||
Yes | 67 | 19 | 0.235 | ||
No | 94 | 14 | |||
Tumor diameter | |||||
≤ 5 cm | 34 | 17 | 0.049 | 1.393 | 0.029 |
> 5 cm, ≤ 10 cm | 58 | 22.5 | |||
> 10 cm | 45 | 14 | |||
Unknown | 24 | 14.5 | |||
Lymph node status | |||||
No metastasis | 55 | 26 | 0.024 | 1.374 | 0.122 |
Metastasis | 17 | 15 | |||
Unknown | 89 | 14 | |||
Pretreatment LDH level | |||||
Elevated | 15 | 12 | 0.062 | ||
Normal | 28 | 28 | |||
Unknown | 118 | 15.5 | |||
Resection | |||||
R0 | 62 | 19.5 | < 0.001 | 1.045 | 0.678 |
R1 | 6 | 12.5 | |||
R2 | 18 | 6.5 | |||
Extent of resection unknown | 50 | 19 | |||
Biopsy only | 25 | 10 | |||
Tumor stage | |||||
II | 15 | 26 | 0.107 | ||
III | 33 | 22 | |||
IV | 43 | 12 | |||
Stage unknown | 70 | 15 | |||
Cycles of chemotherapy | |||||
> 10 | 32 | 33 | < 0.001 | 0.370 | < 0.001 |
4–10 | 77 | 16 | |||
< 4 | 23 | 12 | |||
No chemotherapy | 26 | 13.5 | |||
Cycles unknown | 3 | 19 | |||
Dose of radiotherapy | |||||
> 50 Gy | 24 | 28.5 | 0.376 | ||
> 30 Gy, ≤ 50 Gy | 33 | 18 | |||
≤ 30 Gy | 10 | 15.5 | |||
No radiotherapy | 94 | 14 | |||
Chemotherapy regimen | |||||
VDC/IE | 87 | 18 | 0.017 | 1.082 | 0.814 |
Other regimens | 42 | 16.5 | |||
Regimen unknown | 6 | 9.5 | |||
No chemotherapy | 26 | 13.5 | |||