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Table 2 Patient, tumor, and treatment characteristics ( N =26)

From: Long-term outcome and toxicity of hypofractionated stereotactic body radiotherapy as a boost treatment for head and neck cancer: the importance of boost volume assessment

Characteristics

Disease group [No. (%)]

NPC (n=10)

Others (n=16)

Age (year)

  

 Median

54

58.5

 Range

31-67

10-83

Gender

  

 Male:Female

8 (80): 2 (20)

12 (75): 4 (25)

Sites treated with SBRT

  

 Nasopharynx and base of skull

10 (100)

 

 Nasal cavity and PNS

 

8 (50)

 Periorbit

 

4 (25)

 Tongue

 

3 (18.8)

 Oropharyngeal wall

 

1 (6.2)

Pathology

  

Type I NPC

2 (20)

 

Type II NPC

8 (80)

 

 Squamous cell carcinoma

 

7 (43.8)

 Adenoid cystic carcinoma

 

5 (31.3)

 Chondrosarcoma

 

2 (12.5)

 Malignant melanoma

 

1 (6.2)

 Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma

 

1 (6.2)

Tumor T stage

  

 T4

7 (70)

7 (43.8)

 T3

2 (20)

4 (25)

 T2

1 (10)

5 (31.2)

Tumor N stage

  

 N2

3 (30)

1 (6.3)

 N1

6 (60)

2 (12.5)

 N0

1 (10)

13 (81.2)

Previous debulking surgery

  

 Yes:No

0 (0):10 (100)

11(68.8): 5 (31.2)

Combined chemotherapy

  

 Yes:No

10 (100): 0 (0)

9 (56.3): 7 (43.7)

SBRT GTV (cc)

  

 Median

45.3

19.4

 Range

21.3-69.4

6.9-66.8

Prescription isodose line (%)

  

 Median

80

80

 Range

70-80

70-85

EBRT dose (Gy)

  

 Median

59.4

47.5

 Range

50.4-70.2

39.6-59.4

SBRT dose (Gy)

  

 Median

21

22.5

 Range

18-25

10-25

SBRT fractional dose (Gy)

  

 Median

6.5

5

 Range

5-7

3-8

Cumulative dose in BED10 (Gy)

  

 Median

103.7

90.6

 Range

92-118.5

72.7-107.6

  1. SBRT, stereotactic body radiotherapy; PNS, paranasal sinus; NPC, nasopharyngeal cancer; T, tumor; N, node; GTV, gross tumor volume; EBRT, external beam radiotherapy; BED10, biologically equivalent dose in α/β ratio of 10.