Clinical Study
Comprehensive Evaluation of Personal, Clinical, and Radiation Dosimetric Parameters for Acute Skin Reaction during Whole Breast Radiotherapy
Table 4
Pearson’s correlation analyses for skin toxicity.
| | Axilla | Inferior fold | | value | | value |
| Age (years) | 0.057 | 0.530 | 0.120 | 0.181 | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 0.301 | 0.001 | 0.252 | 0.005 | Breast height (cm) | 0.414 | <0.001 | 0.375 | <0.001 | Breast separation (cm) | 0.272 | 0.002 | 0.215 | 0.016 | (%)† | 0.404 | <0.001 | 0.381 | <0.001 | Calculated dose on self-area/prescribed dose (%) | 0.319 | <0.001 | 0.110 | 0.220 | Calculated dose on inner half/prescribed dose (%) | 0.114 | 0.205 | 0.160 | 0.074 | -field size (cm) | 0.130 | 0.173 | 0.105 | 0.242 | Distance from humerus head to upper border (cm) | 0.135 | 0.142 | 0.037 | 0.691 | Ratio of lateral to medial separation on upper border | 0.008 | 0.923 | 0.000 | 0.998 | Length of axilla bulging (cm) | 0.011 | 0.907 | 0.040 | 0.658 |
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