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Table 3 Patients listed according to the performed different treatment modalities

From: Outcome in recurrent head neck cancer treated with salvage-IMRT

Treatment modality

n

failures after salvage treatment (22/44)

Biopsy only + IMRT

5

3 of 5

Biopsy only + IMRT + Cisplatin (10) or Erbitux (3)

13

8 of 13

R0-1 resection + IMRT

3

0 of 3

R0-1 resection + IMRT + Cisplatin

11

5 of 11

R0-1 resection with GTV in Pl-CT + IMRT

4

3 of 4

R0-1 resection with GTV in Pl-CT + IMRT + Cisplatin

8

3 of 8

  1. All 44 rHNC patients, analysed according to the performed salvage treatment modalities. The numbers per treatment modality arm are too small to draw reliable conclusions with respect to the impact of concomitant chemotherapy.
  2. Pl-CT: Planning-computed tomography