TABLE III.

Side effects and complications in the study patients

Adverse events	Days from radiotherapy start
	≤90 Event gradea				>90 Event gradeb
	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4
Lungc [n (%)]	2 (13)	0	0	0	2 (13)	1 (7)	0	0
Small/large boweld [n (%)]	1 (7)	2 (13)	0	0	2 (13)	0	0	0
Esophaguse [n (%)]	1 (7)	0	0	0	0	2 (13)	0	0
Constitutional symptomsf [n (%)]	3 (20)	2 (13)	0	0	3 (20)	1 (7)	0	0

^aAccording to the U.S. National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria.

^bAccording to Radiation Therapy Oncology Group/European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer late radiation morbidity scoring.

^cPneumonitis, cough.

^dNausea, diarrhea.

^eEsophagitis, dysphagia.

^fTaste alteration, poor appetite, fatigue.