Variables

Total

Initial Management Techniques

Test

Surgery First

Chemotherapy First

X²/Z

p

N = 40 (%)

N = 20 (%)

N = 20 (%)

Response to treatment:

PD

SD

PR

CR

13 (32.5)

7 (17.5)

8 (20)

12 (30)

5 (38.5)

3 (42.9)

4 (50)

8 (66.7)

8 (61.5)

4 (57.1)

4 (50)

4 (33.3)

2.186^∞

0.048

Relapse (n = 12):

Absent

Present

7 (58.3)

5 (41.7)

6 (85.7)

2 (40)

1 (14.3)

3 (60)

Fisher

0.022

Death

No

Yes

19 (47.5)

21 (52.5)

13 (68.4)

7 (33.3)

6 (31.6)

14 (66.7)

4.912

0.027*

Disease free survival:

Median

Range

7

4 - 22

16.5

4 - 22

7

5 - 15

−2.21^¥

0.027*

Overall survival:

Median

Range

9

6 - 23

19

7 - 23

8

6 - 15

−3.352^¥

0.001**