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Table 3 Patients’s characteristics with fistula/perforation in the SR group (N = 55)

From: Salvage radiotherapy in patients with local recurrent esophageal cancer after radical radiochemotherapy

Characteristics

Fistula/perforation N (%)

No fistula/perforation N (%)

P value

Total radiation dose (Gy)

112.9 ± 14.9

113.0 ± 11.8

0.918

Initial radiation dose (Gy)

62.9 ± 3.8

60.7 ± 5.5

0.686

Salvage radiation dose (Gy)

50.0 ± 12.2

52.4 ± 9.9

0.746

≤50Gy

5 (45.5%)

19 (43.2%)

0.892

>50Gy

6 (54.5%)

25 (56.8%)

Time after salvage radiotherapy end

   

≤3 months

6 (54.5%)

NA*

NA*

>3 months

5 (45.5%)

  1. *NA: not-available.