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 |