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Table 2 Frequency (and % of patients in the respective treatment group) of acute pulmonary and esophageal toxicity in patients according to treatment

From: Treatment outcome and toxicity of intensity-modulated (chemo) radiotherapy in stage III non-small cell lung cancer patients

 

Pulmonary toxicity

Esophageal toxicity

Treatment

Grade 0

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 0

Grade 1

Grade 2

RT$

0 (0)

4 (57)

3 (43)

2 (29)

3 (43)

2 (29)

CHT-RT#

4 (10)

26 (62)

10 (24)

8 (19)

24 (57)

9 (21)

RCHT

9 (24)

21 (57)

7 (19)

2 (5)

16 (43)*

19 (51)*

  1. $RT = radiotherapy alone; #CHT-RT = sequential chemotherapy and radiotherapy; RCHT = concurrent chemoradiotherapy. * p = 0.013; chi-square test of sequential versus concurrent chemoradiotherapy. For the sequential chemotherapy and radiotherapy group, numbers on acute pulmonary and esophageal toxicity are missing for 2 patients and 1 patient, respectively.
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