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Calcification in coronary arteries as quantified by CT scans correlated with tobacco consumption in patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer treated with three-dimensional radiotherapy

¹ Department of Clinical Radiology, Radiation Therapy, University of Heidelberg, ² Department of Radiotherapy, German Cancer Research Centre, Heidelberg and ³ Department of Internal Medicine/ Medical Oncology, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg, Germany

View larger version (75K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. Pre-treatment CT scan of a patient with marked calcification (II°) of the arch of aorta.

View larger version (79K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. Pre-treatment CT scan of a patient with marked calcification (II°) of the coronary arteries.

View larger version (9K): [in a new window]   Figure 3. Kaplan-Meier plot for survival in 89 patients with unresectable non-small cell lung cancer in dependency of Karnofsky performance index (KI).

View larger version (9K): [in a new window]   Figure 4. Kaplan-Meier plot for survival in 89 patients with unresectable non-small cell lung cancer in dependency of calcification of the arch of aorta.

View larger version (10K): [in a new window]   Figure 5. Kaplan-Meier plot for survival in 89 patients with unresectable non-small cell lung cancer in dependency of calcification of coronary arteries.