Failure patterns of all patients
Variable | No. of patients (%) |
Pattern of failure | |
Distant metastasis | 118 (14.9)* |
Local and/or regional failures | 78 (9.8)* |
Local failures alone | 60 (7.6) |
Regional failures alone | 18 (2.3) |
Local and regional failures | 9 (1.1) |
Distant+local/regional failures | 15 (1.9) |
Total | 196 (24.7) |
Cause of death | |
Distant metastasis | 106 (13.4) |
Local or regional failure | 45 (5.7) |
radiotherapy or chemotherapy-related complications | 5 (0.6) |
Other malignant tumours | 1 (0.1) |
No cancer causes | 3 (0.4) |
Unknown causes | 2 (0.3) |
Total | 162 (20.5) |
*The number includes the 15 patents with both distant and local/regional failures.