Parameters Hypofractionation Cohort
number of patients 130
treatment interval 1967-1977
mean ageat radiation (range) 54 (27-77) years
at first analysis, 1994 73 (50-97) years
at last analysis, 2011 76 (50-98) years
T stage pT1/2/3/4 28/58/10/4%
N stagepN+/pN0 43/57%
follow up (FU) time  
mean / median (range), in years:  
all 28.1 / 26.6 (7.2-43.6)
lost of FU cohort (death, moved; 33%) 18.7 / 18.2 (7.2-27) *
known dead of disease (DOD, 2%) at 18.5 and 25.6 years
INED (33%) 30.8 / 29.5 (20-38.9)
ANED (63%) 27.1/23.7 (7.2-43.6)
ANED, still alive (06/2011, 15%) 39.6 / 40.6 (38.3-42.5)
6-10 years FU 7%
>10-20 years FU 28%
>20-30 years FU 59%
>30 years FU 6%
previous breast surgery  
(mostly radical) mastectomy 98%
breast conserving 2%
hypofractionation schedules, 3f/w  
[BED2GY, α/β=2/α/β=3, 5f/w]  
13x 3.3Gy= 42.9Gy[56/54Gy] 124
12x 3.3Gy= 39.6Gy[52/50Gy] 2
15x 3.3Gy= 49.5Gy[66/62Gy] 2
14x 3.3Gy= 46.2Gy[61/58Gy] 1
14x 3.5Gy= 49.0Gy[68/64Gy] 1
allive with known disease  
at first analysis, 1994 0, 1
at last analysis, 2011 2, 5
* 3 patients were alive with disease when last time seen, all others ANED; Loss of follow up was in most patients due to emigration to other countries; ANED: Alive and No Evidence of Disease when last time seen; AD: Alive with Disease when last time seen; DOD: Died of Disease; INED: Inter-currently died, No Evidence of Disease
Table 1: Characteristics of the assessed hypofractionation cohort (n=130).