From: Long-term survival and late complications of intensity-modulated radiotherapy for recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Toxicities
Grade 3–4
No. (%)
Grade 5
Mucosal necrosis
12(6.8)
44(24.9)
Headache
16(12.8)
0
Cranial nerve palsy
21(11.9)
Temporal lobe necrosis
Trismus
35(19.9)
Hearing deficit
10(5.6)
Neck fibrosis
1(0.6)