| Surgical Treatment |
|
| Tumor resection |
n = 6 (35%) |
| Neck dissection |
n = 5 (29%) |
| Radiooncological treatment |
|
| Intent of radiotherapy |
|
| Definitive radiotherapy [total dose 70–70.4 Gy] |
n = 12 |
| Adjuvant radiotherapy [total dose 64–64.2 Gy] |
n = 4 |
| Definitive radiotherapy after neck dissection |
n = 1 |
| Combined modality treatment |
|
| Concomitant chemotherapy |
n = 14 (82%) |
| Technique of radiotherapy |
|
| Simultaneous integrated boost (by VMAT or TomoTherapy) |
n = 5 |
| Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) |
n = 14 |
| TomoTherapy |
n = 3 |
| RT parameters |
|
| Median single dose |
2.0Gy [1.7–2.2Gy] |
| Median total dose |
70.0Gy [64.0–70.4Gy] |
| Median PTV (50Gy) |
1199.7cm3 [591.6–1805.5cm3] |
| Median duration of RT |
49 days [44–53 days] |
|
One patient was re-irradiated because of local recurrence (70.4 Gy as SIB in first course and 50.4Gy in second course, both with concomitant platin-based chemotherapy). |
