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Table 4 Treatment outcomes of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 8502 regimen for head and neck cancer

From: Hypofractionated palliative volumetric modulated arc radiotherapy with the Radiation Oncology Study Group 8502 “QUAD shot” regimen for incurable head and neck cancer

Author

Year

Design

N

Population

SCC(%)

Age (years)

Systemic therapy (%)

RT technique

Treatment cycle (%)

Outcome

Toxicity (%)

2D-RT

3D-CRT

IMRT

1

2

3

4

5

TR (%)

SR (%)

OR (%)

OS (months)

PFS (months)

G2

G3

Paris [4]

1993

Phase I–II

37

Incurable H&N tumors

79

66

0

100

0

0

43c

57

0

0

77

85

NA

4.5

NA

NA

NA

Corrya [5]

2005

Phase II

30

Incurable HNSCC

100

73

0

100

0

0

20

27

53

0

0

53

56

NA

5.7

3.1

37d

0

Chen [6]

2008

R

23b

Metastatic HNSCC

100

70

0

20

65

15

26c

74

0

0

NA

NA

83

4

NA

NA

9

Lok [2]

2015

R

75

Incurable H&N tumors

55

76

29

0

45

55

36

27

32

4

1

NA

NA

65

5.7

NA

28

5

Finnegan [7]

2016

R

70

Stage III–IV HNSCC

100

66

56

0

49

51

24c

76

0

0

NA

61

NA

3.9

3.4

20e

6

Gamez [8]

2017

R

21

Stage III–IV H&N tumors

NA

62

100

0

29

71

0

24

76

0

0

86

100

NA

7

4

35

0

Our study

R

34

Incurable H&N tumors

82

81

0

0

0

100

18

15

68

0

0

85

77

94

5.7

4.4

12

0

  1. Abbreviations: R retrospective study; H&N head and neck; HNSCC head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; SCC squamous cell carcinoma; RT radiotherapy; 2D-RT two-dimensional radiotherapy; 3D-CRT three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy; IMRT intensity-modulated radiotherapy; TR tumor response; SR symptom relief; OR overall response; OS overall survival; PFS progression-free survival; G Grade
  2. aCorry et al. used a fraction size of 3.5 Gy
  3. bSubset of 60 patients
  4. cTreatment cycles of 1-2
  5. dSalivary gland toxicity
  6. eMucositis