Table 3 |
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Cause-specific survival rates after one year of follow-up as predicted by the lognormal model compared with the actuarial results as calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method |
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(A) |
Radiation and Surgery: |
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Cause-specific survival rate (%) |
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Method |
Year |
10 y |
15 y |
20 y |
25 y |
C × 100% |
|
Lognormal |
1978 |
74 |
73 |
72 |
72 |
72 |
|
KM |
1999 |
74 ± 3 |
72 ± 3 |
72 ± 3 |
72 ± 3 |
-- |
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(B) |
Radiation alone: |
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Cause-specific survival rate (%) |
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Method |
Year |
10 y |
15 y |
20 y |
25 y |
C × 100% |
|
Lognormal |
1978 |
71 |
69 |
68 |
68 |
67 |
|
KM |
1999 |
71 ± 3 |
68 ± 3 |
68 ± 3 |
68 ± 3 |
-- |
|
(C) |
Surgery alone: |
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Cause-specific survival rate (%) |
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Method |
Year |
10 y |
15 y |
20 y |
25 y |
C × 100% |
|
Lognormal |
1978 |
74 |
70 |
67 |
65 |
61 |
|
KM |
1999 |
77 ± 3 |
72 ± 3 |
68 ± 3 |
66 ± 4 |
-- |
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y, year; C × 100%, cured rate estimated by the lognormal model; KM, Kaplan-Meier method ± one standard error. |
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Tai et al. BMC Cancer 2005 5:13 doi:10.1186/1471-2407-5-13 |
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