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Table 2 Treatment details for (chemo)radiotherapy of elderly HNSCC patients (n = 246). Chemotherapy completion was assumed, if patients received at least 200 mg/m2 cisplatin or 450 mg/m2 carboplatin

From: Radiotherapy for geriatric head-and-neck cancer patients: what is the value of standard treatment in the elderly?

Radiation therapy

n

%

completed

213

86.6

discontinued

33

13.4

definitive

166

 

completed

141

84.9

adjuvant

80

 

completed

72

90.0

adjuvant

 mean radiation dose

60.2 Gy

 

 mean single dose

2.0 Gy

 

definitive

 mean radiation dose

65.4 Gy

 

 mean single dose

2.0 Gy

 

Chemotherapy

n

%

 planned

147

 

 completed

109

74.1

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