Radiotherapy Patient Characteristics and Treatment Termination Factors, 2020-2024

A retrospective analysis of 10,039 patients who underwent radiotherapy between January 2020 and December 2024, identifying factors associated with treatment termination. The dataset, authored by Alaattin Ozen, includes 297 patients (2.96%) who terminated treatment, with details on demographics, clinical characteristics, treatment intent, and reasons for termination.

Use Cases

• Identify risk factors for radiotherapy non-completion based on patient performance status and treatment intent.
• Compare termination rates and reasons between curative and palliative treatment groups.
• Analyze the association between primary diagnosis (e.g., lung cancer) and treatment termination.
• Model the percentage of prescribed fractions completed before termination based on clinical variables.

Strengths

• Includes records for 10,039 patients over a 5-year period (2020-2024).
• Provides specific termination statistics: 297 patients (2.96%) terminated, with detailed breakdowns by cause (e.g., 48.1% due to performance status deterioration).
• Contains comparative analysis results, such as a 3.50-fold higher risk of termination for palliative-intent patients.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from a single-center retrospective analysis, which may limit generalizability.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Retrospective, single-center analysis of institutional radiotherapy records.

Time Range

2020-01-01 to 2024-12-31

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 17:27:40; freshness should be verified.