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. 2023 Sep 13;43:100675. doi: 10.1016/j.ctro.2023.100675

Table 1.

Patient and treatment characteristics.

Parameter Results (%)
Total number of patients
Age at primary diagnosis in years, median (range)
60 (1 0 0)
67.7 (33–83)
Male gender, n (%)
Median follow-up time in years (range)
ECOG, median (range)
45 (75.0)
2.2 (0.6–9.3)
1 (0–2)
Primary tumor histology and disease stage, n (%)
NSCLC
Primary, non-metastatic NSCLC
Adenocarcinoma
Squamous-cell carcinoma
Loco-regionally recurrent NSCLC
Adenocarcinoma
Squamous-cell carcinoma
Large-cell carcinoma
Oligometastatic disease
NSCLC
Colorectal adenocarcinoma
Head-and-Neck cancer
Melanoma
Sarcoma
Other1
Polymetastatic disease
NSCLC
27 (45.0)
12 (20.0)
5 (8.3)
7 (11.7)
15 (25.0)
10 (16.7)
4 (6.7)
1 (1.7)

30 (50.0)
10 (17.5)
4 (6.7)
4 (6.7)
3 (5.0)
3 (5.0)
6 (10)

3 (5.0)
3 (5.0)
COPD
Gold 1
Gold 2
Gold 3
Gold 4
21 (35.0)
3 (5.0)
8 (13.3)
7 (11.7)
3 (5.0)
OMD status (all patients)
De-novo
Repeat
Induced
30 (50.0)
8 (13.3)
13 (21.7)
9 (15.0)
Alive at time of analysis, n (%)
Radiotherapy of primary tumor, n (%)
Radiotherapy of pulmonary metastasis, n (%)

Prior treatment
Surgery
Radiotherapy
Type-I re-irradiation
Chemotherapy
Immunotherapy
Targeted therapy
Cardiotoxic systemic therapy*

Systemic therapy < 6 months before index radiotherapy
21 (35.0)
27 (45.0)
33 (55.0)

47 (78.3)
29 (48.3)
22 (36.7)
13 (21.7)
25 (41.7)
14 (23.3)
5 (8.3)
17 (28.3)

19 (31.7)
Cardiovascular comorbidities at baseline, n (%)
Coronary artery disease
Ischemic heart disease
Prior myocardial infarction
Non-coronary atherosclerosisNon-ischemic heart disease
(congestive heart failure)Peripheral Arterial Disease
(PAD)2
Pulmonary hypertension
Valvulopathy
Prior stroke / TIA
Atrial fibrillation
Other arrhythmias3
Hypertension
Dyslipidemia
Diabetes mellitus
Smoking history
44 (73.3)
13 (21.7)
1 (1.7)
3 (5.0)
10 (16.7)
8 (13.3)
11 (18.3)
1 (1.7)
9 (15.0)
4 (6.7)
9 (15.0)
10 (16.7)
30 (50.0)
11 (18.3)
10 (16.7)
48 (80.0)
Treatment volume characteristics
Longest tumor diameter in cm, (range)
<3 cm
3–7 cm
>7 cm

PTV location
Overlap with PBT
Overlap with trachea
Overlap with heart
Overlap with esophagus
Overlap with Aorta
Overlap with pulmonary artery

PTV to heart distance in cm, median (range)
Distance < 1 cm, n (%)


16 (26.7)
40 (66.7)
4 (6.7)


60 (100.0)
14 (23.3)
15 (25.0)
11 (18.3)
16 (26.7)
44 (73.3)

1.2 (0–6.3)
24 (40.0)
Treatment characteristics
Single dose in Gy, median (range)
Number of fractions, median (range)
Total dose in Gray, median (range)
EQD2_10 dose in Gray, median (range)
Prescription Isodose, mode (%, range)
V100% of PTV in %, median (range)
D0.1 cc of PTV in EQD2_10 in Gy, median (range)
GTV size in cm3, median (range)
PTV size in cm3, median (range)


Most frequent fractionation schemesEight fractions
(8fx)
8 × 6 Gy@65%
8 × 5 Gy@65%
Ten fractions
(10fx)
10 × 5 Gy@80%
10 × 4.5 Gy@80%

5 (3–7.5)
8 (5–12)
45 (30–60)
55.2 (33.0 – 88.0)
65 (65–80)
96.0 (9.5–99.4)
86.5 (43.1–120.6)
12.5 (0.6–114.9)
30.0 (6.0–199.0)



30 (50.0)
13 (21.7)
13 (21.7)

25 (41.7)
9 (15.0)
7 (11.7)
1

Includes small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), prostate cancer, mesothelioma, pancreatic cancer and urothelial cancer.

2

Includes ectasia and aneurysm.

3

Includes AV-block, left/right bundle branch block and bifascicular block. *Cardiotoxic agents included: Taxanes (Docetaxel, Paclitaxel), Antimetoblites (5-Fluoruracil), MEK inhibitors (Dabrafenib), Anthracyclines (Epirubicin), EGFR-TKI (Osimertinib) and other TKIs (Pralsetinib, Dabrafenib, Crizotinib).