Isn’t it stage migration ?
Overall survival @ 2 years
Stage ‘98 - ’99
no PET
2002 - 2003
all
no PET PET (48%)
I
72
71
64
76
II
56
59
57
69
IIIA 30
33
26
39
IIIB 19
21
14
32
IV
8
11
7
19
?
34
35
30
41
Dinan SEER JCO 2012