From: Clinical-dosimetric analysis of measures of dysphagia including gastrostomy-tube dependence among head and neck cancer patients treated definitively by intensity-modulated radiotherapy with concurrent chemotherapy
3 month (%)
6 month (%)
GT dependence
87%
44%
Self-reported dysphagia grade ≥ 3
33%
21%
Mucositis
grade ≥ 3
23%
5%
Xerostomia grade ≥ 2
43%
36%