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Table 1 Patient and treatment characteristics

From: Feasibility of stereotactic radiotherapy for lung lesions and conventional radiotherapy for nodal areas in primary lung malignancies

Factors

Number (n = 21)

Sex

Male

17

Female

4

Age (years)

Median (range)

68 (52–88)

Location (lobe)a

Right upper

5

Right middle

3

Right lower

4

Left upper

6

Left lower

7

T stage

1

13

2

5

3

3

N stage

1

4

2

8

3

9

Clinical stage

IIA

4

IIIA

8

IIIB

9

ECOG performance status

0

2

1

16

2

3

Weight loss

No

18

Yes

3

Smoking history

No

4

Yes

17

FEV1 (%)

Median (range)

83 (51–116)

DLco (%)b

Median (range)

73 (37–99)

Pathology

Squamous

8

Adenocarcinoma

9

Unknown NSCLC

1

SCLC

3

Aim

Definitive

15

Salvage

6

Radiotherapy dose (Gy)

SBRT

Median (range)

54 (40–60)

CRT

Median (range)

60 (46–66)

Dose per fraction (Gy)

SBRT

Median (range)

14 (10–15)

CRT

Median (range)

2 (2–6)

GTV (cc)

SBRT

Median (range)

6.4 (1.2–29.2)

CRT

Median (range)

14.4 (0.9–104.8)

PTV (cc)

SBRT

Median (range)

27.7 (8.2–89.6)

CRT

Median (range)

144.8 (27.7–404.1)

Chemotherapy

None

9

Neoadjuvant

5

Concurrent

4

Both

3

  1. Abbreviations: ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, FVC forced vital capacity, FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1 s, DLco carbon monoxide diffusing capacity, SBRT stereotactic body radiotherapy, CRT conventional radiotherapy, NSCLC non-small cell lung cancer, SCLC small cell lung cancer, GTV gross tumor volume, PTV planning target volume
  2. aTwo patients had two lung nodules each, and one presented with three lung nodules
  3. bDLco information not available for four patients