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Correlation between FARE grade and CTCAE esophagitis grade after administration of a total radiation dose of 50–60 Gy (RBE)
| FARE grade | Number of patients | CTCAE esophagitis grade |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Spearman rank correlation coefficient (ρ) = 0.48; p = 0.03.
FARE, Fukui Acute Radiation Esophagitis; CTCAE, Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events; RBE, relative biological effectiveness.
