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Table 3 Treatment characteristics

From: Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma with known human papillomavirus status treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy: patterns of failure and toxicity outcomes

Variable

HPV-positive (97)

HPV-negative (24)

p-value

Radiation type

65 (67%)

20 (83%)

0.12

 3-field

32 (33%)

4 (17%)

 

 IMRT

   

Frequency

85 (88%)

16 (67%)

0.027

 QD

12 (12%)

8 (33%)

 

 BID

   

Type of chemotherapy

60 (62%)

19 (79%)

0.32

 C/F

37 (38%)

5 (21%)

 

 C

   

Completed all planned chemotherapy

80 (85%)

21 (88%)

1.0

  1. QD = once daily; BID = twice daily; C/F = cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil; C = cisplatin.