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Table 3 Clinical and treatment characteristics of patients with carotid blow-out syndrome

From: A simple strategy to decrease fatal carotid blowout syndrome after stereotactic body reirradiaton for recurrent head and neck cancers

Patient number

SBRT scheme

GTV volume (ml)

SBRT site

Dose of primary radiotherapy (Gy)

SBRT dose (Gy)/fx number

Maximum carotid artery point dose (Gy)

Local control

1

I

157

Hypopharynx

60

30/5

41.8

Complete response

2

I

173

Retromolar trigone

60

35/5

59

Progression

3

I

130

Larynx

60

30/5

39.4

Complete response

4

I

29

Nasopharynx

70

35/5

46.6

Partial response

5

I

101

Nasopharynx

66

30/5

38.5

Complete response

6

I

37

Nasopharynx

65

30/5

37.5

Progression

7

I

50

Nasopharynx

66

32/5

40.7

Stabile

8

II

55

Nasopharynx

66

32/6

46

Partial response

9

II

127

Larynx

70

30/5

37.5

Stabile

10

II

30

Hypopharynx

64

30/5

41

Stabile

11

II

51

Oral cavity

70

30/5

38.5

Stabile

  1. GTV: gross tumor volume, Gy: gray, fx: fraction, SBRT: strereotactic body radiotherapy, I: consecutive day, II: every other day.