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Table 2 Treatment related toxicity

From: Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for lung malignancies: preliminary toxicity results using a flattening filter-free linear accelerator operating at 2400 monitor units per minute

 

Acute toxicity (≤ 90 days)

Late toxicity (>90 days)

 

Grade 2

Grade 3

Grade 2

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 5

Pulmonary

      

Pneumonitis

4

1

4

2

1

1

Atelectasis

-

-

1

1

-

-

Effusion

1

-

1

-

-

-

Nerve-related

      

Brachial plexopathy

-

-

-

1

-

-

chest wall pain

-

-

2

-

-

-

  1. Type and number of toxic events for 64 patients with grade ≥2 acute toxicity (≤90 days) and subset of 49 patients with grade ≥2 late toxicity (>90 days) at median follow up of 11.5 months.
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Radiation Oncology

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