marginally significantp = 0.07
Comparison between groups and survival analysis Comparison of clinical characteristics of the two groups of patients showed similar median age, gender, site and onset of metastases and median tumor size but a marginally significant difference in the median size of metastases was found (< 3 cm: 45.9 vs 53.7%; > 3 cm: 54.1 vs 46.3%; p = 0.07) (Table 1 ).