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. 2025 Jan 2;13:e18717. doi: 10.7717/peerj.18717

Table 2. The acute side effects of two group patients.

0 I II III IV
Dermatitis
LDR group (n) 0 18 8 0 0
No LDR group (n) 0 7 16 3 0
p 0.002 0.026 0.077
Soft tissue injury
LDR group (n) 2 21 3 0 0
No LDR group (n) 1 10 14 1 0
p 0.556 0.002 0.001 0.317
Granulocytopenia
LDR group (n) 5 12 7 2 0
No LDR GROUP (n) 4 7 6 7 2
p 0.717 0.150 0.510 0.070 0.153
Anemia
LDR group (n) 13 7 5 1 0
No LDR group (n) 12 4 8 2 0
p 0.781 0.308 0.337 0.552
Thrombocytopenia
LDR group (n) 14 10 2 0 0
No LDR group (n) 14 5 7 0 0
p 1 0.126 0.070
Swallowing discomfort
LDR group (n) 8 18 0 0 0
No LDR group (n) 6 16 4 0 0
p 0.532 0.846 0.039
Nausea
LDR group (n) 8 18 0 0 0
No LDR group (n) 12 13 1 0 0
p 0.358 0.158 0.317

Note:

LDR, low-dose radiation.