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. 2020 Jun 1;15:133. doi: 10.1186/s13014-020-01582-8

Table 3.

Late toxicities: cardiac toxicities

Characteristics n ≥ Grade 2 ≥ Grade 3
n (%) p-value n (%) p-value
Age (years)
  ≤ 67 19 9 (47) 1.00 4 (21) 0.66
  > 67 18 9 (50) 2 (11)
Tumor length (cm)
  ≤ 3 22 9 (41) 0.32 4 (18) 1.00
  > 3 15 9 (60) 2 (13)
Tumor location
 Ce-Ut 6 1 (17) 0.18 0 (0) 0.56
 Mt-EGJ 31 17 (55) 6 (19)
Treatment
 CRT 24 12 (50) 1.00 2 (8) 0.16
 RT alone 13 6 (46) 4 (30)
History of heart disease
 Yes 9 6 (67) 0.27 2 (22) 0.62
 No 28 12 (43) 4 (14)
Initial field
 Anterior-posterior 20 11 (55) 0.75 5 (25) 0.19
 Multiple 17 8 (47) 1 (6)

EGJ Esophagogastric junction