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Table 2 Patterns of failure

From: Elective lymph node irradiation late course accelerated hyper-fractionated radiotherapy plus concurrent cisplatin-based chemotherapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a phase II study

Patterns of failure

No.

%

Local recurrence only

8

11.8

Regional failure only

6

8.8

Locoregional failure

4

5.9

Distant lymph node metastases only

3

4.4

Distant organ metastasis only

8

11.8

Locoregional failure plus distant metastasis

2

2.9

Dead of complication

5

7.4

Other diseases

4

5.9

Unknown

3

4.4