From: Predictors of Radiotherapy Induced Bone Injury (RIBI) after stereotactic lung radiotherapy
Total | Female | Male | |
---|---|---|---|
Patients | 46 | 24 | 22 |
Median Age (year) | 72.8 | 72.6 | 72.8 |
(range) | (48.3-89.6) | (58-89.6) | (48.3-85.5) |
Median follow up time (Months) | 24.9 | 26.2 | 22.7 |
(range) | (6-51.2) | (6-51.2) | (7.6-48.5) |
Number of patients with rib fracture | 17 | 11 | 6 |
Number of fractured sites | 43 | 30 | 13 |
8 pts with DM* Patients with no fracture | 6 | 1 | 5 |
Patients with fracture | 2 | 0 | 2 |
29 pts COPD** Patients with no fracture | 18 | 9 | 9 |
Patients with fracture | 11 | 7 | 4 |
Mean (± SD) Tumor size (cm) | 2.6 ± 1.2 | 2.7 ± 1.2 | 2.6 ± 1.2 |
Closest 3 dimensional distance from tumor to the ribs (cm) | 0.96 | 1.01 | 0.88 |
(range) | (0 – 3.28) | (0 – 3.28) | (0 – 2.76) |