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Table 3 Late toxicities

From: A retrospective study of head and neck re-irradiation for patients with recurrent or second primary head and neck cancer: the McGill University experience

Toxicity

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 5

Dry mouth

21 %

52 %

7 %

  

Dysphagia

29 %

36 %

11 %

  

Trismus

28 %

31 %

7 %

  

Muscle fibrosis

25 %

25 %

11 %

  

Vascular

    

7 %

Loss of taste

43 %

11 %

   

Hearing loss

7 %

21 %

3 %

  

Radio-osteonecrosis

 

7 %

7 %

3 %