Paclitaxel and cisplatin combined with concurrent involved-field irradiation in definitive chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a phase II clinical trial

Table 2 Treatment failure pattern

First failure	N (%)
Distant metastasis only*	22 (20.4%)
Lung	10 (9.3%)
Liver	4 (3.7%)
Brain	4 (3.7%)
Bone	3 (2.8%)
Pleura	1 (0.9%)
Spleen	1 (0.9%)
Local/regional recurrence only	19 (17.6%)
Within the irradiation field	13 (12.0%)
Outside the irradiation field	6 (5.6%)
Concurrent local/regional/distant failure^&	3 (2.8%)
Other reasons	7 (6.5%)

*Concurrent lung and liver metastasis were found in 1 patient, ^&One of the patients had lymph node recurrence outside the irradiation field

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