Research Article

The Value of the 8th Edition of American Joint Committee on Cancer Pathological Prognostic Staging on the Selection of Postmastectomy Radiotherapy for T1–2N1 Breast Cancer

Table 2

Cox multivariate analysis to determine the predictors of BCSS according to the 8th AJCC staging after propensity score matching.

VariablesBCSS
95% CI

The 8th AJCC staging
Stage IA
 Non-PMRT1
 PMRT0.0220.001-330.1230.441
Stage IB
 Non-PMRT1
 PMRT0.7950.339-1.8650.598
Stage IIA
 Non-PMRT1
 PMRT1.2470.558-2.7890.591
Stage IIB
 Non-PMRT1
 PMRT0.3310.100-0.9670.044
Stage IIIA
 Non-PMRT1
 PMRT0.5530.178-1.7130.304

BCSS, breast cancer-specific survival; PMRT, postmastectomy radiotherapy.