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Table 1 Patient baseline characteristics

From: Carbon ion therapy (C12) for high-grade malignant salivary gland tumors (MSGTs) of the head and neck: do non-ACCs profit from dose escalation?

Patient baseline characteristics

  

All

 
  

pts

%

 

histology

mucoepidermoid carcinoma

18

45

 
 

adeno carcinoma

8

20

 
 

acinic cell carcinoma

3

8

 
 

squamous cell carcinoma

2

5

 
 

salivary duct carcinoma

2

5

 
 

NOS

2

5

 
 

basal cell-adeno carcinoma

2

5

 
 

adenosquamous carcinoma

1

3

 
 

myoepithelial carcinoma

1

3

 
 

basaloid carcinoma

1

3

 

stage

T 1

3

8

 
 

T 2

5

13

 
 

T 3

13

33

 
 

T 4a

10

25

 
 

T 4b

7

18

 
 

T 4c

1

3

 
 

unknown

1

3

 
 

N+

16

40

 
 

M1

3

8

 

treatment for recurrent disease

 

7

18

 

site

parotid gland

20

50

 
 

submandibular gland

5

13

 
 

oropharynx

3

8

 
 

maxilla

2

5

 
 

palate

2

5

 
 

lacrimal gland

2

5

 
 

paranasal sinus

2

5

 
 

petrous bone

2

5

 
 

middle ear

1

3

 
 

nasopharynx

1

3

 

age

median in years [range]

60

35-80

 

follow-up

all, median in months [range]

25.5

2.5-58.4

 
 

alive, median in months [range]

27.3

3-58.4

 

target volume

CTV1 (boost) in ml

120

34-564

 
 

CTV2 (extended target volume) in ml

424

105-1538

 

dose

C12 in GyE [range]

23.95

17.4-24.4

2 pts: C12 only with 66 GyE

 

IMRT in Gy [range]

50

42-56.4

 
 

total in GyE [range]

74

50.4-74.8