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. 2022 Jun 30;12:900443. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.900443

Table 2.

Patterns of First Treatment Failure $.

First Failure N (%) *
No Failure 37 (49.3%)
Loco-regional Failure (In field) 11 (14.7%)
 Anastomosis 6 (8.0%)
 Supraclavicular Lymph Node 1 (1.3%)
 Mediastinal Lymph Node 4 (5.3%)
Loco-regional Failure (Out of field) 2 (2.7%)
 Celiac Lymph Node 2 (2.7%)
Distant Metastasis 21 (28%)
 Lung 8 (10.7%)
 Liver 9 (12.0%)
 Bone 4 (5.3%)
 Pleura 3 (4.0%)
 Stomach 1 (1.3%)
Secondary primary tumor 5 (6.7%)
 Base of tongue 2 (2.7%)
 Lung 1 (1.3%)
 pancreas 2 (2.7%)

$Concurrent recurrence is defined as different recurrences within 2 months.

*There will be overlapping of patients in various recurrence situations, but the denominator is 75 when we calculating the ratio.