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Table 3 Late severe toxicities for patients with locally recurrent NPC

From: Long-term survival and late complications of intensity-modulated radiotherapy for recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Toxicities

Grade 3–4

No. (%)

Grade 5

No. (%)

Mucosal necrosis

12(6.8)

44(24.9)

Headache

16(12.8)

0

Cranial nerve palsy

21(11.9)

0

Temporal lobe necrosis

0

0

Trismus

35(19.9)

0

Hearing deficit

10(5.6)

0

Neck fibrosis

1(0.6)

0