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. 2020 Feb 1;106(2):329–339. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.10.016

Table 2.

Patterns of treatment failure (93 sites of primary failure in 74 patients)

Site n (% of total failures)
Locoregional (± distant) 63 (85.1)
 Primary site 62 (83.4)
 Pelvic nodes 7 (9.5)
 Inguinal nodes 5 (6.8)
 Perineum 1 (1.4)
Distant (± locoregional) 30 (40.5)
 Lung 17 (23.0)
 Liver 13 (17.6)
 Distant nodes 13 (17.6)
 Common iliacs 3 (4.1)
 Paraortic 3 (4.1)
 Bone 2 (2.7)
 Adrenal 1 (1.4)
 Subcutaneous tissues 1 (1.4)
 Multiple distant organs 15 (20.3)

Some patients experienced failures at multiple sites.

First site of distant failure.