Table 3. Toxicity of stereotactic body radiation therapy for central lesions, in absolute numbers of patients.

Study	Deaths	Grade 3 toxicitya
		Acute	Late
Haasbeek et al.36	cardiac death: 1; respiratory failure: 1	1	4
Nuyttens et al.37	-	4	6
Rowe et al.38	bronchial necrosis: 1	4
Oshiro et al.39	hemoptysis: 1	0	2
Unger et al.40	bronchial fistula: 1	1	0
Milano et al.41	bronchial/tracheal lesion: 4	0	1
Chang et al.42	-	1

^aChest wall pain, dyspnea, rib fracture, pneumonitis, or chronic cough.