Table 1.
Toxicities and elicited severity weights for the 11 toxicities that are monitored in the esophageal cancer trial. Medical rationale to justify the numerical values is provided in Section A of the supplemental material.
| Recurrent Toxicities | Severity Level | Elicited Weight |
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| non-symptomatic | 10 | |
| Pericardial Effusion (PEF) | medical intervention | 60 |
| surgical intervention | 90 | |
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| non-symptomatic | 10 | |
| Pleural Effusion (PLE) | medical intervention | 30 |
| surgical intervention | 60 | |
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| grade 1-2 | 20 | |
| Radiation Pneumonitis (RP) | grade 3 | 60 |
| grade 4-5 | 90 | |
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| Pneumonia (PNA) | occurrence | 40 |
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| Atrial Fibrillation (AFIB) | occurrence | 30 |
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| Myocardial Infarction (MI) | occurrence | 70 |
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| Postoperative Complications | Severity Level | Elicited Weight |
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| radiographic only | 30 | |
| Anastomotic Leak (AL) | medical intervention | 60 |
| surgical intervention | 90 | |
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| Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) |
occurrence | 90 |
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| Pulmonary Embolism (PEM) | occurrence | 60 |
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| Reintubation (RI) | occurrence | 70 |
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| Stroke (ST) | occurrence | 90 |