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Table 5 Comparison of hospitals: irradiation rate

From: Use of palliative radiotherapy in brain and bone metastases (VARA II study)

H

RTcases

RT BM(*)

RT BrM(*)

RT BM + BrM

1

458

2.8%

2.6%

5.4%

2

128

13.2%

10.9%

24.1%

3

1081

6.8%

6.2%

13%

4

1111

8.5%

3.8%

12.3%

5

827

6.2%

4.2%

10.4%

6

430

8.4%

7.9%

16.2%

7

634

14%

4.7%

23.6%

8

541

4.9%

6%

10.9%

9

698

16.3%

10%

26.3%

10

999

6.45%

4.2%

10.6%

11

1647

7.6%

5.2%

13%

12

765

4.8%

4.2%

5%

T

9319

8%

5.4%

13.4%

    

Mean 14.6%

  1. (*) Statistical significance: p < 0.005.
  2. H = Hospital. RT = Radiotherapy. BM = Bone Metastases. BrM = Brain metastases.
  3. RT BM = percentage of cases treated by RT for BM.
  4. RT BrM = percentage of cases treated by RT for BrM.