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Table 1 Treatment details regarding radiotherapy and concomitant systemic treatment (n = 119 patients with 137 lesions)

From: Radiotherapy for nonagenarians: the value of biological versus chronological age

  

n

%

Radiotherapy completion

completed

99

83.2

discontinued

20

16.8

Split course treatment

no split-course

123

89.8

split-course

14

10.2

Simultaneous integrated boost (SIB)

no SIB

130

94.9

SIB

7

5.1

Radiotherapy technique

3D

94

68.6

IMRT/VMAT

26

19.0

3D + IMRT

6

4.4

Electrons

11

8.0

Radiotherapy intention

curative

38

31.9

palliative

81

68.1

Location

cranial

11

8.0

head-and-neck

49

35.8

thoracic

21

15.3

abdomen

4

2.9

pelvis

28

20.4

extremity

6

4.4

spinal column

18

13.1

Chemotherapy

no chemotherapy

110

92.4

chemotherapy

9

7.6

Endocrine therapy

no endocrine therapy

92

77.3

endocrine therapy

27

22.7

  

median

range

Radiotherapy specification

number of fractions

14

1–33

single fraction dose

2.5

1.7–18.75

total dose

39.0

1.8–72.0