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. 2015 Apr 10;10:84. doi: 10.1186/s13014-015-0375-y

Table 2.

Excess cardiac mortality probability and risk of radiation pneumonitis in percent for tangential and locoregional treatment, presented as median values, range in brackets and p-values for paired Wilcoxon tests

Tangential treatment Locoregional treatment
FB EIG p FB EIG p
Excess cardiac mortality probability 0.49 [0.03-1.74] 0.02 [0.00-0.37] <0.001 0.75 [0.12-2.14] 0.02 [0.00-1.01] <0.001
Risk of radiation pneumonitis 0.31 [0.04-1.99] 0.38 [0.05-1.78] 0.179 6.82 [0.47-17.72] 3.17 [0.41-11.51] 0.004