Table 1.
Patient and disease characteristics
| Patient and Disease Characteristics | No (%) |
|---|---|
| Age Median (range) | 48.5 (18–80) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 177 (77) |
| Female | 53 (23) |
| Histology | |
| WHO type 1 | 3 (1.3) |
| WHO type 2.1 undifferentiated | 77 (33.6) |
| WHO type 2.2 differentiated | 112 (48.7) |
| WHO type 2 NOS | 37 (16.1) |
| WHO type 3 basaloid | 1 (0.4) |
| AJCC 7th Stage | |
| I/II/III/IV | 30 (13)/77 (33.5)/78 (33.9)/45 (19.6) |
| T stage | |
| 1/2/3/4 | 106 (46.1)/61 (26.5)/34 (14.8)/29 (12.6) |
| N stage | |
| 0/1/2/3 | 59 (25.7)/86 (37.4)/66 (28.4)/19 (8.3) |
| RT modality | |
| HT | 155 (67.4) |
| VMAT | 75 (32.6) |
| Treatment factors | |
| RT alone | 38 (16.5) |
| NACT+RT/NACCRT | 169 (73.5) |
| CCRT | 23 (10) |
| Sinusitis | |
| Pre-radiation sinusitis | |
| No | 105 (45.7) |
| Yes | 125 (54.3) |
| Post-radiation sinusitis | |
| No | 123 (53) |
| Yes | 107 (47) |
Abbreviations: VMAT volumetric modulated arc therapy, HT helical tomotherapy, NACT neoadjuvant chemotherapy, NACCRT neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy, CCRT concurrent chemoradiotherapy