Clinical Study
Should Aggressive Surgical Local Control Be Attempted in All Patients with Metastatic or Pelvic Ewing's Sarcoma?
Table 7
Determination of independent variables for Event Free Survival (EFS) with multivariate Cox regression analysis.
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Multivariate Cox Regression EFS analysis of covariates | | Variable | HR | 95% CI | value |
| Age | | | 0.638 | <14 | 1.00 | | | ≥14 | 1.56 | 0.26–8.56 | | Location | | | 0.165 | Appendicular | 1.00 | | | Axial | 2.22 | 0.72–6.85 | | Multicentric metastatic disease | | | 0.007† | No | 1.00 | | | Yes | 4.16 | 1.47–11.81 | | Bone or soft tissue | | | 0.014† | Bone | 1.00 | | | Soft tissue | 5.19 | 1.40–19.23 | | Local radiation | | | 0.397 | No | 1.00 | | | Yes | 1.55 | 0.56–4.27 | |
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†: statistically significant independent variable on event free survival.
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