Characteristics

Replanning group

Non-replanning group

P-value

Number of patients

11

11

Age (range)

76 (44 - 81)

68 (53 - 83)

0.41

Sex

0.31

Male

7

10

Female

4

1

BMI (kg/m2)

24.4

22.5

0.55

(range)

(17.0 - 28.66)

(15.9 - 28.7)

Primary tumor site

0.32

Nasopharynx

1

3

Oropharynx

3

1

Hypopharynx

3

2

Larynx

3

1

Maxillary sinus

0

2

Ethmoid sinus

0

1

Nasal cavity

1

0

Oral tongue

0

1

Pathological diagnosis

0.33

Squamouscell carcinoma

11

9

Undifferentiated carcinoma

0

1

Neuroblastoma

0

1

Nodal staging

1.00

N0

3

3

N1

3

3

N2

5

5

RT

0.53

Definitive RT

9

10

Postoperative RT

2

1

Prescription doses of RT

70 (60 - 70) Gy

70 (60 - 70) Gy

0.17

70 Gy

9

7

66 Gy

0

3

60 Gy

2

1

Chemotherapy

0.11

Carboplatin

1

3

Docetaxel

3

1

Cisplatin

1

3

Cetuximab

4

0

None

2

4

Timing of the rescan from the initiation of RT

Fractions

15 (14 - 19)

15 (13 - 18)

0.69

Days

21 (17 - 30)

20 (17 - 27)

0.91

BMI at rescan (kg/m2)

23.1

21.3

0.78

(range)

(16.5 - 27.9)

(14.4 - 27.3)

Weight loss from the initiation of RT to the rescan (%)

(range)

5.4 (1.7 - 11.2)

4.1 (−3.2 - 9.2)

0.19