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Table 2 Treatment procedures and clinical outcome

From: Failure pattern and suggestions for target volume delineation of carcinoma showing thymus-like differentiation treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy

 

No. (%) of patients

Type of surgery

 

R0

16 (53.3)

R1

2 (6.6)

R2

9 (30)

Biopsy

3 (10)

IMRT dose (Gy)

 

Median (range)

60 (56–66)

IMRT duration (days)

 

Median (range)

44.5 (39–67)

Systemic therapy

 

Yes vs. No

3 (10) vs. 27 (90)

Follow-up time (months)

 

Median (range)

63.5 (21–161)

Treatment response

 

CR

26 (86.7)

PR

4 (13.3)

Local recurrence

 

Present

2 (93.3)

Absent

28 (6.7)

Distant metastasis

 

Present

5 (83.3)

Absent

25 (16.7)

  1. Abbreviations: R0, no residual tumor; R1, microscopic residual tumor; R2, macroscopic residual tumor; IMRT, intensity-modulated radiotherapy; CR, complete remission; PR, partial remission