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Table 2 Hospitalizations and mortality related to cardiovascular diseases and malignancies

From: Competing risk analysis of cardiovascular disease risk in breast cancer patients receiving a radiation boost

 

Boost

No boost

 

Total

N

1917

3343

 

5260

Cardiovascular events, N (%)

    

 All cardiovascular diseases

153 (8.0)

212 (6.3)

 

365 (6.9)

 Ischemic heart disease

40 (2.1)

62 (1.9)

 

102 (1.9)

 Heart failure

22 (1.1)

24 (0.7)

 

46 (0.9)

 Conduction disorders

38 (2.0)

52 (1.6)

 

90 (1.7)

 Valvular diseases

< 10 a

< 10 a

 

22 (0.4)

 Cerebrovascular events

21 (1.1)

52 (1.6)

 

73 (1.4)

 Vascular diseases

< 10 a

< 10 a

 

26 (0.5)

 Other cardiovascular diseases

32 (1.7)

34 (1.0)

 

66 (1.3)

Oncological events, N (%)

    

 All malignancies

389 (20.3)

301 (9.0)

 

690 (13.1)

 Breast cancer

231 (12.1)

159 (4.8)

 

390 (7.4)

  1. Events include hospitalizations and mortality, a Subgroup counts below 10 are not reported in agreement with privacy regulations of Statistics Netherlands