Table 1

Cancer recurrence data

	Taniguchi (2009)9		Shintani (2009)10		Kawachi (2009)11		Higashiyama (2009)12		Satoh (2007)3		Higashiyama (1997)24		Buhr (1997)25		Okumura (1991)34
	Pos	Neg	Pos	Neg	Pos	Neg	Pos	Neg	Pos	Neg	Pos	Neg	Pos	Neg	Pos	Neg
Total	14	282	67	1182	41	527	89	590	41	812	38	268	132	210	22	135
Recurrence number	9	64	32	384	24	141	56	NS	32	177	21	99	96	35	15	47
Pleural recurrence	NS	NS	3	7	7	31	21	14	8	10	7	5	22	4	2	0
Distant metastases	4	27	24	324	13	69	32	NS	23	134	11	70	78	23	9	34
Loco-regional recurrence	2	21	5	53	10	50	NS	NS	2	39	NS	NS	NS	NS	4	13
Local alone	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	24	NS	NS	NS	4	17	18	12	4	13
Local and distant	3	16	NS	NS	2	10	NS	NS	NS	NS	6	11	NS	NS	NS	NS

Neg, negative; NS, not specified; Pos, positive.