Table 2 Patterns of failure.

From: Comparison Long-term Outcome of Definitive Radiotherapy plus Different Chemotherapy Schedules in Patients with Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Failure site(s)

CCRT (n = 127)

NeoCT + RT (n = 129)

P

T

9

13

 

N

2

3

 

M

17

8

 

T + N

2

1

 

T + M

3

3

 

N + M

1

1

 

T + N + M

0

1

 

Sum of any failures

34 (26.8%)

30 (23.3%)

0.6134

Total failures in T

14 (11.0%)

18 (14.0%)

0.6033

Total failures in N

5 (03.9%)

6 (04.7%)

1.0000

Total failures in M

21 (16.5%)

13 (10.1%)

0.1809

  1. Abbreviations: T, nasopharynx; N, neck; M, distant metastasis.