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Table 2 Treatment characteristics

From: The comparison between weekly and three-weekly cisplatin delivered concurrently with radiotherapy for patients with postoperative high-risk squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity

Treatment characteristics

Arm A (cisplatin 100 mg/m2)

Arm B (cisplatin 40 mg/m2)

p

N = 26

N = 24

Cisplatin dose (mg/m2)

 Mean (range)

208.5 (100–300)

200.4 (80–280)

0.568

Cisplatin ≥ 200 mg/m2

 No

3 (11.5%)

9 (37.5%)

0.047*

 Yes

23 (88.5%)

15 (62.5%)

RT dose (cGy)

Mean (range)

6477.7 (4820–6600)

6250.0 (1400–7200)

0.361

RT dose ≥ 6000 cGy

 No

2 (7.7%)

2 (8.3%)

1.000

 Yes

24 (92.3%)

22 (91.7%)

RT duration (weeks)

Mean (range)

6.8 (4.6–9.1)

6.6 (1.7–9.0)

0.506

RT duration > 8 weeks

 No

24 (92.3%)

20 (83.3%)

0.409

 Yes

2 (7.7%)

4 (16.7%)

  1. Abbreviations: RT = radiotherapy.
  2. * Statistically significant, p < 0.05.