Table 3.

Recurrence and metastases of cancer of the larynx, oropharynx or hypopharynx in patients with complete primary and nodal response according to fractionation regimen

	Fractionation regimen (No. of patients)
Tumor recurrence	conventional (n = 31)	hyper-fractionation (n = 33)	accelerated (n = 36)
Local recurrence	5	3	5
Regional recurrence	0	1	0
Distant metastases	2	1	2
Locoregional recurrence	4	4	5
Local recurrence and distant metastases	1	1	1
Locoregional recurrence and distant metastases	1	1	0