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Table 1 Patient, tumor, and treatment characteristics

From: Cardiac dose reduction during tangential breast irradiation using deep inspiration breath hold: a dose comparison study based on deformable image registration

Characteristics

N = 32 (%)

Median age at treatment (years)

48 (25–77)

Cigarette smoking

 

 Yes

1 (3)

 No

31 (97)

Cardiopulmonary comorbidities

 

 None

19 (59)

 Hypertension

7 (22)

 Hyperlipidemia

2 (6)

 Diabetes mellitus

4 (3)

Breast cancer stage

 

 I

9 (28)

 II

9 (28)

 III

14 (44)

Tumor stage

 

 T1

14 (44)

 T2

11 (34)

 T3

7 (22)

Nodal stage

 

 0

11 (34)

 1

9 (28)

 2

2 (6)

 3

10 (31)

Breast conservation

 

 Yes

20 (63)

 No

12 (37)

Systemic therapy

 

 Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

15 (47)

 Adjuvant chemotherapy

13 (41)

 Adjuvant trastuzumab

11 (34)

 Adjuvant endocrine therapy

9 (28)

 None

0 (0)