Table 1 Patient and treatment characteristics.

From: Radiation Pneumonitis after Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Esophageal Cancer: Institutional Data and a Systematic Review

Age mean(range)

65

(44–79)

Gender

n

%

male

52

71

female

21

29

cT category

1

1

1

2

11

15

3

53

73

4

8

11

Primary tumor site

cervical

11

15

upper thoracic

21

29

mid thoracic

25

34

lower thoracic/GEJ

16

22

Histology

squamous cell carcnoma

61

84

adenocarcinoma

11

15

other

1

1

cN category

cN0

20

27

cN+

53

73

RT concept

definitive

59

81

neoadjuvant

14

19

IMRT technique

step and shoot

20

27

sliding window

9

12

VMAT

44

60

  1. RT-radiotherapy, IMRT-Intensity modulated radiotherapy, VMAT-volumetric modulated arc therapy. The primary tumor site is defined by the center of the primary tumor. Due to rounding errors, single values might not sum up to 100%. GEJ – gastro-esophageal junction.
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