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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Lung Cancer. 2017 Oct 12;19(2):e205–e209. doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2017.10.001

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics and Treatments

Age at Time of PCI
 Median 66 years (42 – 84 years)
Gender
 Female 29 (76%)
 Male 9 (24%)
Race*
 Caucasian 32 (84%)
 African-American 4 (11%)
 Asian 1 (3%)
 Other 1 (3%)
Thoracic Radiation Therapy
 Daily 4 (11%)
 BID 34 (89%)
 Median Daily Dose 63 Gy (54 – 72 Gy)
 Median BID Dose 45 Gy (43.5 – 45 Gy)
 Concurrent 38 (100%)
Number of Chemotherapy Cycles
 2 cycles 2 (5%)
 4 cycles 34 (89%)
 5 cycles 1 (3%)
 6 cycles 1 (3%)
Time Between TCRT Completion and PCI
 Median 80 days (36 – 378 days)
PCI Dose/Dose per Fraction*
 24 Gy/1.5 Gy BID 2 (5%)
 25 Gy/2.5 Gy BID 17 (45%)
 30 Gy/2 Gy 9 (24%)
 31.5 Gy/1.5 Gy BID 1 (3%)
 35 Gy/2.5 Gy 3 (8%)
 36 Gy/2 Gy 6 (16%)

Abbreviations: PCI = prophylactic cranial irradiation, TCRT = thoracic chemoradiation therapy, BID = twice daily.

*

Does not sum to 100% due to rounding of percentages to whole numbers.