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

Table 4

Patterns of failure in chemoradiotherapy patients.

Patient	primary site	T stage	N status	Histology	Adverse features	Type of failure	Time to relapse (months)	Disease status
1	Neck	T4	N0	BCC	Aggressive local invasion	Local	24	NED
2	Nose	T4	N0	SCC	Gross perineural invasion, positive margins	Local	7	DOD
3	Cheek	T4	N0	SCC	Unresectable	Local	6	DOD
4	Cheek	T4	N1	SCC	Unresectable, nodal involvement	Local + regional	5	DOD
5	Scalp	T3	N3	SCC	Nodal involvement	Distant	5	DOD
6	Ear	T4	N2b	SCC	Unresectable, nodal involvement	Distant	9	DOD

Abbreviations: BCC: basal cell carcinoma; SCC: squamous cell carcinoma; NED: no evidence of disease; DOD: died of disease.