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Table 2 Patterns of failure after treatment

From: Intensity modulated radiotherapy with concurrent chemotherapy for larynx preservation of advanced resectable hypopharyngeal cancer

Failure

Primary surgery

No.(%)

Definitive CCRT

No.(%)

Total

No.(%)

p-value

None

3(21)

17(52)

20(43)

0.056

LR alone

6(43)

11(33)

17(36)

0.534

Distant alone

1(7)

2(6)

10(6)

0.890

LR & distant

4(29)

3(9)

7(15)

0.086

Second cancer

1(7)

5(15)

6(13)

0.452

  1. Abbreviation: No., number; LR, loco-regional; CCRT, concurrent chemoradiotherapy