Characteristics | Cases |
---|---|
Sex | |
Male | 28 |
Female | 14 |
Age (years) | Median of 61 (29–79) |
KPS (points) | Median of 80 (70–90) |
Primary disease | |
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma | 4 |
Oral cancer | 4 |
Soft-tissue sarcoma of head and neck | 3 |
Hypopharyngeal cancer | 2 |
Oropharyngeal cancer | 2 |
Laryngeal cancer | 2 |
Salivary-gland cancer | 2 |
Thyroid cancer | 1 |
Lymph-node metastasis of unknown primary cancer | 1 |
Esophageal cancer | 8 |
Cervical cancer | 3 |
Lung cancer | 3 |
Breast cancer | 1 |
Colon cancer | 1 |
Staging at first visit | |
II | 6 |
III | 22 |
IV | 14 |
Previous surgery | |
Once | 21 |
Twice | 4 |
Thrice | 1 |
Four times | 1 |
Previous radiotherapy | |
Once | 28 |
Twice | 8 |
Previous cumulative dose (Gy) | |
≤ 50 | 2 |
50–70 | 25 |
70–135 | 6 |
Unknown | 3 |
Neoadjuvant/adjuvant chemotherapy | |
Yes | 29 |
No | 13 |
Site of implantation | |
Head and maxillofacial | 16 |
Lymph node of neck | 26 |