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Fig. 2 | Radiation Oncology

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From: Favorable safety profile of moderate hypofractionated over normofractionated radiotherapy in breast cancer patients: a multicentric prospective real-life data farming analysis

Fig. 2

Pain and analgesic treatment according to grade and fractionation. Histogram reporting the percentage of patients with corresponding level of maximum pain and the need of analgesic treatment according to fractionation (normofractionated versus hypofractionated radiotherapy). HFRT: hypofractionated radiotherapy, NFRT: normofractionated radiotherapy. Analgesic treatment level was determined from the World Health Organization’s pain killers ladder (0 = none; 1 = Non opioid analgesic; 2 = Weak opioid; 3 = Strong opioid). Acute toxicity evaluation was performed once a week during radiotherapy and at the end of radiotherapy. Data were extracted from the evaluation form, filled in at the end of radiotherapy, which reported the maximum acute toxicity reached during treatment

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Radiation Oncology

ISSN: 1748-717X

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