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Adjuvant CT provides survival benefit
Benefit of adding CT after
surgery
with an absolute
increase in survival of
4% at 5
years
(64% vs 60%)
Benefit of adding CT to
surgery + RT
with an
absolute increase in survival,
again, of
4% at 5 years
(33%
vs 29%)
Adjuvant CT improves
survival, irrespective of
the addition of RT.