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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Assessment and topographic characterization of locoregional recurrences in head and neck tumours

Characteristic

N (%)

Gender

 

Male

308 (83.9)

Female

59 (16.1)

Site

 

  Larynx

84 (22.9)

  Oral cavity

74 (20.2)

  Oropharynx

70 (19.1)

  Nasopharynx

45 (12.3)

  Pharyngeal-laryngeal

38 (10.4)

  Hypopharynx

27 (7.4)

  Others

29 (7.9)

T stage

 

1-2

188 (51.8)

3-4

175 (48.2)

N stage

 

0-1

164 (45.2)

2-3

199 (54.8)

AJCC stage

 

  I

37 (10.2)

  II

34 (9.4)

  III

69 (19.1)

  IV

222 (61.3)

Type treatment

 

Post-operative

151 (41.1)

Definitive

216 (58.9)

RT Treatment technique

 

3DCRT

57 (15.5)

dIMRT

98 (26.7)

rIMRT

155 (42.2)

IMRT

57 (15.5)

  1. 3DCRT stands for 3D Conformal RT, dIMRT stands for forward optimized IMRT (using 15-25 segments), rIMRT refers to inversely optimized IMRT planned with a small number of segments (30-55 segments) while IMRT was planned with about 70-80 segments.