Among patients with stage III disease, the hazard ratio for relapse was 0.76 (95 percent confidence interval, 0.62 to 0.92) in the group given FL plus oxaliplatin, as compared with the FL group, and the three-year disease-free survival rate was 72.2 percent and 65.3 percent, respectively (Figure 2FIGURE 2
Kaplan–Meier Estimates of Disease-free Survival in the Group Given Fluorouracil and Leucovorin (FL) and the Group Given FL plus Oxaliplatin, According to the Stage of Disease and the Intention to Treat.