Clinical Study

Cytokines, Fatigue, and Cutaneous Erythema in Early Stage Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Adjuvant Radiation Therapy

Table 1

Patients’ characteristics ( ).

Number of patients (% of total)

Mean age (years) 55
 Range (years) 40–73
, stage
 Tis19 (48)
 T121 (52)
, stage
 N040 (100)
Histological type
 DCIS16 (40)
 Ductal17 (43)
 Lobular2 (5)
 Others5 (12)
Tumor grade (G)
 Poorly differentiated (G3)10 (25)
 Moderately differentiated (G2)13 (32)
 Well differentiated (G1)17 (43)

Radiotherapy schedule
 50 Gy/2 Gy19 (48)
 50 Gy/2 Gy + Boost 10 Gy/2.5 Gy21 (52)