Table 2.

Patterns of failure for first recurrence

Recurrence	Patients with recurrence(n)
Total	30 (100)
Locoregional failure	7 (23)
In field	3 (10)
Out of field (includes elective nodes)	2 (7)
In field and out of field (includes elective nodes)	2 (7)
Distant failure	23 (77)
Distant metastases alone	18 (60)
In-field and distant metastases	2 (7)
Out-of-field and distant metastases	2 (7)
In-field, out-of-field, and distant metastases	1 (3)
Elective nodes	4 (13)
Pattern
Isolated elective nodes	1 (3)
In-field and elective nodes	1 (3)
Distant metastases and elective nodes	2 (7)
Location
Paratracheal	2 (7)
Supraclavicular	2 (7)

Data in parentheses are percentages.