Table 1.
Demographics and treatment summary table of the patient cohort
| Patient ID | Age, y | Stage (AJCC eigth edition) | Sex | Immune-suppressed | Type of immune suppression | Setting | ECOG | Site of RT | Field size, EQ SQ | Late toxicity grade | Surgery type | Path margin status | Recurrence status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 85 | p-I | F | No | - | Initial | 0 | Glabella | 8 | 1 | WLE and SLNB | Negative | None |
| 2 | 96 | c-I | M | No | - | Initial | 1 | Right cheek | 3.3 | 0 | Excisional biopsy | Negative | None |
| 3 | 86 | c-I | F | Yes | CLL | Initial | 3 | Left ear | 10.2 | 0 | Excisional biopsy | Positive | None |
| 4 | 64 | p-I | F | No | - | Initial | 0 | Left cheek | 8.5 | 0 | WLE and SLNB | Negative | None |
| 5 | 81 | c-I | M | Yes | Hairy cell leukemia | Initial | 0 | Right cheek | 6 | 0 | WLE and failed SLNB | Negative | Regional |
| 6 | 71 | p-I | M | No | - | Initial | 0 | Left lip/cheek | 8 | 0 | WLE and SLNB | Negative | None |
| 7 | 82 | c-I | F | No | - | Initial | 0 | Right cheek | 7 | 0 | WLE and failed SLNB | Negative | None |
| 8 | 68 | p-I | F | No | - | Initial | 0 | Left nose | 10 | 0 | WLE and SLNB | Negative | None |
| 9 | 70 | p-IIB | M | Yes | CML | Initial | 2 | Left cheek/elective neck | PTV 342 cm3 | 0 | WLE and SLNB | Negative | None |
| 10 | 83 | p-I | M | No | - | Initial | 0 | Nose | 8.5 | 0 | WLE and LN dissection | Negative | None |
| 11 | 58 | p-I | F | No | - | Recurrent | 0 | Left scalp | N/A∗ | N/A∗ | WLE† | Negative | None |
| 12 | 80 | p-IIB | M | No | - | Recurrent | 0 | Left upper lip | 8.4 | 1 | WLE† | Negative | None |
Abbreviations: AJCC = American Joint Committee on Cancer; c = clinical; CLL = chronic lymphocytic leukemia; CML = chronic myelogenous leukemia; ECOG = Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; EQ SQ = equivalent square of radiation therapy field (cm); LN = lymph node; p = pathologic; PTV = planning target volume; RT = radiation therapy; SLNB = sentinel lymph node biopsy; WLE = wide local excision.
N/A denotes “not available” due to radiation treatment at an outside institution.
WLE denotes surgical procedure performed in the recurrent setting after WLE and ipsilateral SLNB or neck dissection followed by observation in the initial setting.