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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Long-term cancer survivors treated with multiple courses of repeat radiation therapy

Parameter

Data (n = 112 patients)

Age at primary diagnosis in years, median (range)

56 (26–85)

Female gender, n (%)

51 (45.5)

Primary tumor histology, n (%)

 Lunga

47 (41.9)

 Malignant melanoma

10 (8.9)

 Breast cancer

9 (8.0)

 Soft tissue and bone

8 (7.1)

 Colorectal

7 (6.3)

 Head and neck

7 (6.3)

 Otherb

24 (21.4)

Alive at time of analysis, n (%)

31 (27.7)

  1. aIncludes non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), and mesothelioma
  2. bIncludes prostate, urinary tract, endocrine, gynecologic, hematologic, esophageal and hepatocellular entities as well as cancer of unknown origin