Table 3 Late toxicities: cardiac toxicities
Characteristics | n | ≥ Grade 2 | ≥ Grade 3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | p-value | n (%) | p-value | ||
Age (years) | |||||
  ≤ 67 | 19 | 9 (47) | 1.00 | 4 (21) | 0.66 |
  > 67 | 18 | 9 (50) |  | 2 (11) |  |
Tumor length (cm) | |||||
  ≤ 3 | 22 | 9 (41) | 0.32 | 4 (18) | 1.00 |
  > 3 | 15 | 9 (60) |  | 2 (13) |  |
Tumor location | |||||
 Ce-Ut | 6 | 1 (17) | 0.18 | 0 (0) | 0.56 |
 Mt-EGJ | 31 | 17 (55) |  | 6 (19) |  |
Treatment | |||||
 CRT | 24 | 12 (50) | 1.00 | 2 (8) | 0.16 |
 RT alone | 13 | 6 (46) |  | 4 (30) |  |
History of heart disease | |||||
 Yes | 9 | 6 (67) | 0.27 | 2 (22) | 0.62 |
 No | 28 | 12 (43) |  | 4 (14) |  |
Initial field | |||||
 Anterior-posterior | 20 | 11 (55) | 0.75 | 5 (25) | 0.19 |
 Multiple | 17 | 8 (47) |  | 1 (6) |  |