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Clinically significant RP was defined as Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v5.0) grade \u2a7e2 within six months of treatment. Ipsilateral-lung dose-volume metrics (V5Gy-V45Gy), maximum lung dose (\n                    <jats:italic>D<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>max<\/jats:sub>\n                    ), mean lung dose (MLD), and effective dose (\n                    <jats:italic>D<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>eff<\/jats:sub>\n                    ) were extracted from treatment plans. Four ML models (LightGBM, random forest, support vector machine, and logistic regression) were trained and evaluated using cross-validation. Model performance and feature reduction were analyzed.\n                    <jats:italic>Results.<\/jats:italic>\n                    Fifty-two patients (28%) developed clinically significant RP. All four models showed good and consistent predictive performance, with cross-validated AUC values &gt;0.8. Across all models, high-dose lung parameters were the most reliable predictors. Models with reduced features (using V45Gy,\n                    <jats:italic>D<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>max<\/jats:sub>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>D<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>eff<\/jats:sub>\n                    , and MLD) showed competitive performance metrics compared to the respective full models.\n                    <jats:italic>Significance.<\/jats:italic>\n                    ML models built from simple, routinely available lung dosimetric data can effectively predict clinically significant RP after breast radiotherapy. Our findings suggest that small regions of the lung receiving higher doses play a greater role in RP risk than low-dose exposure alone. 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