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Table 3 Details of patients who developed a local or/and regional failure

From: Recurrence patterns of locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma after 3D conformal (chemo)-radiotherapy

Pt. no

Primary tumor site

Stage

XRT dose

(Gy/fr)

Type of relapse

Site of first failure

Time to failure (mo)

Type of failure

Metastasis

Primary Radical radiotherapy

1.

Hypopharynx

T3N0

55/20fr

L

Right Hypopharynx

23

infield

-

2.

Larynx

(Glottic)

T4AN0

55/20fr

L, R

Anterior Ventricle

Level VI LN

17

Infield (L)

Outfield (R)

-

3.

Oropharynx

T1N2A

65/30fr

R

Right Level III LN

Left Level II, III, IV LN

21

Infield (Right side)

Outfield (Left side)

Lung (Synchronous)

4.

Larynx

(Supraglottic)

T3N0

55/20fr

R

Left Level II-III LN

11

Outfield

Lung, bone (Synchronous)

5.

Oral cavity

T2N1

55/20fr

R

Right Level IV-V-VI

13

Outfield

-

6.

Larynx

(Glottic)

T3N0

55/20fr

L, R

Glottic region

Level II-III LN

12

NA

-

7.

Oral cavity

T4AN1

55/20fr

L

Left mandibular alveolus

14

Infield

-

8.

Larynx

(Glottic)

T4AN0

55/20fr

L

Stoma

26

Infield

Lung (Synchronous)

Concomitant chemoradiotherapy

9.

Larynx

(supraglottic)

T1N2B

70/35fr

L, R

Base of tongue

Tumor nodules around stoma and skin

14 (L)

16 (R)

Infield

-

Induction chemotherapy + radiotherapy

10.

Larynx

(Supraglottic)

T4AN0

55/20fr

L

Epiglottis, vocal cord

11

Infield

-

11.

Larynx

(Supraglottic)

T3N3

55/20fr

L, R

Stoma

Left II, III, IV LN

24

Infield

Lung (Synchronous)

12.

Oropharynx

T4AN2C

55/20fr

L, R

Base of tongue, left tonsil

Left level II, III, IV LN

13

Infield

-

13.

Larynx

(supraglottic)

T3N2C

66/33fr

L

Supraglottic area

16

Infield

-

14.

Hypopharynx

T4AN0

55/20fr

L

Post hypopharyngeal wall extending upper oesophageous

16

Infield

-

Induction chemotherapy + chemoradioherapy

15.

Larynx

(Supraglottic)

T4AN2C

65/30fr

R

Right level II-III LN

12

Infield

Bone (Synchronous)

16.

Hypopharynx

T2N3

65/30fr

L, R

Postcricoid tumor with extensive nodal spread

20

Marginal

Lung (Synchronous)

17.

Oropharynx

T4AN2B

68/34fr

R

Left level III-IV LN

22

Infield

-

18.

Oropharynx

T3N3

70/35fr

L, R

Supraglottic region, inferior aryepiglottic fold

Level IV LN

18

Infield

Lung (Synchronous)

19.

Oropharynx

T4AN2C

68/34fr

L

Right post parapharyngeal

23

Outfield

-

20.

Larynx

(Supraglottic)

T4N0

55/20fr

L

Right pyriform fossa

21

Infield

-

  1. Abbrevations: L: local recurrence; R: regional recurrence; NA: not applicable; XRT: radiotherapy; LN: lymph node; fr: fraction