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Table 4 Univariate analysis of predictors for regional control (RC) and disease specific survival (DSS) after prosperity score matching

From: Elective neck dissection versus elective neck irradiation in cT3/4N0 maxillary sinus squamous cell carcinoma: a propensity score matching analysis

Variable

RC

DSS

Age (≥ 50 vs. < 50)

0.356

0.189

Sex (Male vs. Female)

0.876

0.478

PNI* (Yes vs. No)

0.327

0.018

LVI^ (Yes vs. No)

0.113

0.011

Differentiation (Poor vs. intermediate vs. well)

0.037

0.017

Margin (Positive vs. negative)

0.043

0.035

Neck management (END vs. ENI)#

0.990

0.999

Adjuvant chemotherapy (Yes vs. No)

0.328

0.548

  1. *PNI: perineural invasion; ^LVI: lymphovascular invasion; # END: elective neck dissection; ENI: elective neck irradiation