Research Article

Concomitant Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy for High-Risk Nonmelanoma Skin Carcinomas of the Head and Neck

Table 1

Patient and primary tumor characteristics.

No. (%)
CRTRT

Total number1530

Mean age (yrs)65 (range, 47–84)66 (range, 48–89)

Gender
 Male1426
 Female14

Histology
 Squamous cell1119
 Basal cell411

Location
 Cheek32
 Ear25
 Eye14
 Forehead24
 Neck13
 Nose21
 Preauricular27
 Scalp24

T stage
 T101
 T204
 T312
 T41414
 Tx09

N stage
 N0922
 N168

Presentation
 Primary811
 Recurrent719

Primary treatment
 Definitive1010
 Postoperative520

Tumor features
 Unresectable9 (60)7 (23)
 Bone invasion8 (53)6 (20)
 Nerve invasion3 (20)8 (27)
 Soft tissue invasion7 (47)8 (27)
 Positive margins2 (40)*9 (45)*
 ECE2 (13)2 (7)
 Multiple recurrence3 (20)1 (3)
 High grade9 (90)††8 (62)††

*Postoperative patients, moderately to poorly differentiated, ††available tumor grade. CRT, chemoradiotherapy; RT, radiotherapy alone; ECE, extracapsular extension.