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Table 3 Tumor outcomes in the two treatment groups according to different factors

From: Salvage transoral laser microsurgery for early local recurrence of glottic squamous cell cancer

Factor

P value

OS

DSS

LCR

LPR

Initial treatment modality

RT alone (n = 11)

0.654

0.654

0.727

0.176

TLM (n = 82)

0.772

0.711

0.245

0.319

OPL (n = 2)

NA

NA

NA

NA

rT stage of recurrence

rTis (n = 2)

NA

NA

NA

NA

rT1a (n = 30)

0.17

0.221

0.092

0.48

rT1b (n = 41)

0.944

0.816

0.998

0.861

rT2 (n = 22)

0.148

1

0.197

0.197

Anterior commissure invaded of recurrence

Yes (n = 44)

0.995

0.739

0.946

0.687

No (n = 51)

0.819

0.93

0.293

0.859

  1. OS Overall survival, DSS Disease-specific survival, LCR Local control rate, LPR Laryngeal preservation rate
  2. The P values for differences were tested with the Kaplan–Meier log-rank test