Table 3.

acute toxicity at completion of treatment and first follow-up

		re-irradiation			macroscopic residual			microscopic residual
		prior to RT	end of RT	1st f/u	prior to RT	end of RT	1st f/u	prior to RT	end of RT	1st f/u
mucositis	I		4			14	0		16	1
	II		1			21	1		18	0
	III		0			5	0		4	0
dermatitis	I		2			33	1		27	0
	II		2			10	0		11	0
	III		0			1	0			0
epitheliolyses	yes		0			8	0		12
xerostomia	I		3			19	19		21	22
	II					1			0	0
dysphagia	I		0	1		11	6		10	5
	II					6	0		4	3
	III					4	0		2
weight loss	yes		1			24	4		19	5
kg	median		4			4			5
	min					2			2
	max					11			10
feeding tube			0		3	4	4	4	5
loss of taste			2			37			33
middle ear effusion			2	1		11	2		8	2
otitis			1			4			6
paralysis of facial nerve		2	2		5	5	5	10	10	9
ptosis		3	2		3	1	1
reduced jaw opening		2	2		8	8	3	12	12	5
xerophthalmia					1	1		1	1	1
conjunctivitis			1	0		6	0		2	0
lymph edema							2			2