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Table 1 Patient characteristics including diagnostic work-up of patients treated by re-irradiation for recurrent or second primary H&N cancer in our institution between 2010 and 2019 (n = 48)

From: The value of moderate dose escalation for re-irradiation of recurrent or second primary head-and-neck cancer

Variable

  

Age (median, range)

63 (27–96)

Sex

n

%

 female

9

18.8

 male

39

81.3

ECOG

 0

12

25.0

 1

32

66.7

 2

4

8.3

Smoking

 no

19

39.6

 yes

29

60.4

Localization recurrence

 nasopharynx

3

6.3

oropharynx

4

8.3

 hypopharynx

8

16.7

 larynx

10

20.8

 oral cavity

2

4.2

 salivary gland

5

10.4

 cervical lymph nodes

12

25.0

 multi-level

3

6.3

 others

1

2.1

rT

 0

23

47.9

 1

4

8.3

 2

2

4.2

 3

5

10.4

 4

14

29.2

rN

 0

27

56.3

 1

10

20.8

 2

9

18.8

 3

2

4.2

cM

 0

34

70.8

 1

14

29.2

Histology

 squamous cell carcinoma

38

79.2

 adenocarcinoma

2

4.2

 undifferentiated

2

4.2

 others

6

12.5

Grading

 1

3

6.3

 2

27

56.3

 3

16

33.3

 4

1

2.1

 unknown

1

2.1

Postoperative risk factors,n = 17

 ECS

1

5.9

 R+

8

47.1

 R: close margin

2

11.8

 Pn1

0

0.0

 none of these above

6

35.3

PET-CT

 no

19

39.6

 yes

29

60.4

MRI

 no

32

66.7

 yes

16

33.3