Dosimetric Predictors of Symptomatic Cardiac Events After Conventional-Dose Chemoradiation Therapy for Inoperable NSCLC

Incidental cardiac irradiation was associated with subsequent symptomatic cardiac events, particularly ACS/CHF, and symptomatic cardiac events were associated with inferior survival. These results support the minimization of cardiac doses among patients with inoperable NSCLC receiving standard-dose CRT.