Table A2.
Pattern of First Failure
| Treatment Failure | RT + Induction Chemotherapy (n = 144) |
RT + Concomitant Chemotherapy (n = 152) |
RT Alone (n = 148) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Patients | % | No. of Patients | % | No. of Patients | % | |
| No failure, alive | 34 | 23.6 | 35 | 23.0 | 26 | 17.6 |
| No failure, dead | 38 | 26.4 | 60 | 39.5 | 35 | 23.6 |
| Local only | 45 | 31.3 | 32 | 21.1 | 45 | 30.4 |
| Regional only | 8 | 5.6 | 3 | 2.0 | 7 | 4.7 |
| Local and regional | 3 | 2.1 | 1 | 0.7 | 8 | 5.4 |
| Local and/or regional, and distant | 0 | 2 | 1.3 | 2 | 1.4 | |
| Distant only | 15 | 10.4 | 15 | 9.9 | 20 | 13.5 |
| Dead, study cancer NOS | 1 | 0.7 | 4 | 2.6 | 5 | 3.4 |
NOTE. Does not include second primary tumors; includes all patients with no evidence of disease at the completion of protocol therapy.
Abbreviations: NOS, not otherwise specified; RT, radiation therapy.