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Table 4 Ipsilateral shoulder/arm toxicity according to pre-radiotherapy scapula alata status (SA pre-RT)

From: Scapula alata in early breast cancer patients enrolled in a randomized clinical trial of post-surgery short-course image-guided radiotherapy

 

All

SA pre-RT absent

SA pre-RT present

2P

 

n

n

(col%)

n

(col%)

 

Volume

     

0.013

 Grade 0

92

85

(80.2)

7

(53.8)

 

 Grade 1

14

12

(11.3)

2

(15.4)

 

 Grade 2

13

9

(8.5)

4

(30.8)

 

 Grade 3

0

0

(0)

0

(0)

 

Abduction

     

0.228

 Grade 0

69

63

(59.4)

6

(46.2)

 

 Grade 1

35

31

(29.2)

4

(30.8)

 

 Grade 2

15

12

(11.3)

3

(23.1)

 

 Grade 3

0

0

(0)

0

(0)

 

Retroflexion

     

0.312

 Grade 0

58

52

(49.1)

6

(46.2)

 

 Grade 1

52

48

(45.3)

4

(30.8)

 

 Grade 2

8

5

(4.7)

3

(23.1)

 

 Grade 3

1

1

(0.9)

0

(0)

 

Anteflexion

     

0.463

 Grade 0

91

80

(75.5)

11

(84.6)

 

 Grade 1

28

26

(24.5)

2

(15.4)

 

 Grade 2

0

0

(0)

0

(0)

 

 Grade 3

0

0

(0)

0

(0)

 

Endorotation

     

0.668

 Grade 0

79

69

(65.1)

10

(76.9)

 

 Grade 1

28

26

(24.5)

2

(15.4)

 

 Grade 2

8

8

(7.5)

0

(0)

 

 Grade 3

4

3

(2.8)

1

(7.7)

 

Scapular distance

     

0.001

 Grade 0

73

68

(64.2)

5

(38.5)

 

 Grade 1

36

32

(30.2)

4

(30.8)

 

 Grade 2

5

4

(3.8)

1

(7.7)

 

 Grade 3

5

2

(1.9)

3

(23.1)

 
  1. 2P, two-sided P-value from ordinal trend test.