Postoperative radiotherapy improves survival in completely resected non-small cell lung cancer with pathologic N2 stage IIIA and positive lymph node count greater than one: a SEER-based retrospective cohort study.

Front Surg · 2024 · PMC11832526 · PMID 39968112

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a positive trendP = 0.046actually significant

Although the initial results, published in 2002, indicated a positive trend for PORT in 5-year overall survival (67% vs. 58%, P = 0.046), this was not confirmed upon updating the data for reanalysis in the PORT meta-analysis ( 15 ).

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did not reach statistical significanceP = 0.15not close (p > 0.1)

This difference did not reach statistical significance ( P = 0.15; Figure 1B ).

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