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Table 3 Frequency and degree of chest wall pain

From: Rib fracture after stereotactic radiotherapy for primary lung cancer: prevalence, degree of clinical symptoms, and risk factors

Degree of pain*

Fracture group (n = 41)

Non-fracture group (n = 136)

Grade 0

27 (65.9)**

132 (97)

Grade 1

7 (17.1)

4 (3)

Grade 2

7 (17.1)

0 (0)

Grade 3 and 4

0 (0)

0 (0)

  1. *The degree of chest wall pain was evaluated according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, Ver. 3.
  2. **The numbers in the parentheses are percentages.