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Table 1 Analysis of clinic factors predicting 3-year event free survival (EFS) of 65 patients

From: Local control of giant cell tumors of the long bone after aggressive curettage with and without bone cement

Variable

No.of cases (65)

EFS patients (49)

% EFS (75.4)

P-value

Sex

Ā Ā Ā 

0.944

male

33

25

75.8

Ā 

female

32

24

75.0

Ā 

Age(Yrs.)

Ā Ā Ā 

0.616

ā‰¤30

33

24

72.7

Ā 

>30

32

25

78.1

Ā 

Site

Ā Ā Ā 

0.75

Proximal femur

4

4

100.0

Ā 

Distal femur

28

20

71.4

Ā 

Proximal tibia

27

20

74.1

Ā 

Distal radius

5

4

80.0

Ā 

Distal tibia

1

1

100.0

Ā 

Tumor volume(ml)

Ā Ā Ā 

0.433

ā‰¤50

31

22

71.0

Ā 

>50

34

27

79.4

Ā 

Grade

Ā Ā Ā 

0.089

I

14

13

92.9

Ā 

II

51

36

70.6

Ā 

Local treatment

Ā Ā Ā 

0.038

Bone graft

34

22

64.7

Ā 

Cement

31

27

87.1

Ā