Table 2 Survival comparison.

From: Postoperative radiotherapy to the neck for pN1 status HNSCC patients after neck dissection

Classification

Groups

P

PORT

Non-PORT

5-Year survival rate (%)

RRFS

54.4

50.4

.668

OS

58.2

58.1

1.000

DMFS

57.0

55.0

.886

5-Year median survival time (months)

RRFS

62.0

60.5

.765

OS

62.1

65.3

.716

DMFS

62.0

62.2

.736

5-Year survival rate of T3-4 groups (%)

RRFS

45.5

46.8

.916

OS

54.5

51.1

.787

DMFS

50.0

48.9

.934

3-Year survival rate (%)

RRFS

70.9

62.0

.230

OS

72.2

71.3

1.000

3-Year survival rate of T1-2 groups (%)

RRFS

75.0

64.4

.262

  1. RRFS regional recurrence-free survival, OS overall survival, DMFS distant metastasis-free survival.