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Table 3 Hazard ratios for 5-year overall survival

From: Prognostic stratification of oropharyngeal cancer patients in a betel nut chewing and low HPV area

Variable

HR (95% CI)

P value

Age

1.03 (1.001–1.06)

0.042

Male

2.75 (0.86–8.84)

0.089

P16 positive

0.27 (0.11–0.69)

0.006

PD-L1

1.31 (0.76–2.25)

0.329

P53 mutant

1.30 (0.68–2.45)

0.429

High EGFR expression

1.86 (1.07–3.24)

0.028

Tumor subsite

 Tonsil

Ref.

 

 Soft palate

1.36 (0.70–2.67)

0.367

 Others

1.67 (0.87–3.20)

0.121

Differentiation-poorly

1.40 (0.78–2.51)

0.258

Treatment

 Operation

Ref.

 

 CCRT/RT

1.4 (0.77–2.54)

0.27

 IC-based treatment

0.96 (0.45–2.04)

0.909

cT4

3 (1.7–5.29)

 < 0.001

cN2-N3

1.50 (0.88–2.57)

0.137

cStage: III–IV

1.54 (0.90–2.64)

0.117

Extranodal extension

1.85 (1.04–3.28)

0.035

Alcohol

2.17 (1.06–4.44)

0.034

Betel nuts

1.40 (0.74–2.66)

0.304

Cigarettes

2.06 (1.09–3.92)

0.027

  1. CCRT/RT Concurrent chemo-radiotherapy/radiotherapy, 95%CI 95% confidence interval, EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor, HR Hazard ratio, IC Induction-based chemotherapy, PD-L1 Programmed cell death ligand 1