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Table 5 Toxicities experienced of LSCLC patients receiving chemotherapy and IMRT

From: Feasibility of omitting clinical target volume for limited-disease small cell lung cancer treated with chemotherapy and intensity-modulated radiotherapy

Toxicities

Arm without CTV n(%)

Arm with CTV n(%)

p-value

Hematologic toxicity

  

0.485

0-2

40 (74.1)

25(71.4)

 

3-4

14 (25.9)

10(28.6)

 

Radiation esophagitis

  

0.123

0-2

40(74.1)

21(60.0)

 

3-4

14(25.9)

14(40.0)

 

Radiation pneumonia

  

0.040

0-2

51(92.6)

27(77.1)

 

3-4

4(7.4)

8(22.9)