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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 29.
Published in final edited form as: Oral Oncol. 2020 Mar 14;104:104641. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104641

Table 2.

Summary of palliative response

QS cycles Modailities Total


1–2 cycles 3–4 cycles Photon Proton

Palliative response 44.9% 83.1% 65.9% 65.7% 65.8%
 Symptom relief 45.6% 72.7% 60.0% 60.3% 60.2%
 Radiographic response
  CR 0 15.7% 4.8% 13.8% 9.1%
  PR 21.6% 57.1% 41.3% 43.1% 42.1%
  SD 47.1% 22.9% 31.7% 34.5% 33.1%
  PD 31.4% 4.3% 22.2% 8.6% 15.7%
 ORR (CR+PR) 21.6% 72.9% 46.0% 56.9% 51.2%
 DCR (CR+PR+SD) 68.6% 95.7% 77.8% 91.4% 84.3%

Abbreviations: QS, Quad Shot; CR, complete response; PR, partial response; SD, stable disease; PD, progressive disease; ORR, objective response rate; DCR, disease control rate.