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. 2010 Oct 29;3:211–218. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S14514

Table 5.

Grade 2 and 3 adverse events. Adverse events that were possibly, probably, or definitely related to applicator placement or radiation therapy as reported at each follow-up visit

1 month 6 months 1 year
Grade 2 events
Number of patients 68a 59 37
Induration/firmness 4 (5.9%) 3 (5.1%) 1 (2.7%)
Erythema 4 (5.9%) 0 1 (2.7)d
Seroma 1 (1.5%) 2 (3.4%)c 1 (2.7%)
Rash/desquamation – moist 3 (4.4%)b 0 0
Breast tenderness 1 (1.5%) 1 (1.7%) 0
Hypopigmentation 2 (2.9%) 0 0
Palpable mass 2 (2.9%) 0 0
Field contracture – slight indent in skin 0 0 1 (2.7%)
Field contracture – significant 0 1 (1.7%) 0
Infection 1 (1.5%) 0 0
Grade 3 eventse
Field contracture – significant 1 (1.5%) 0 0
Fibrosis connective tissue 0 0 1 (2.7%)c
a

Notes: One of the 69 treated patients did not complete the 1-month follow-up visit due to an acute myocardial infarction and subsequent death; no treatment-related adverse events occurred in this patient;

b

Includes three unscheduled visits around 1 month post-treatment;

c

Includes one unscheduled visit around 6 months post-treatment;

d

Includes one unscheduled visit around 1 year post-treatment;

e

One patient had Grade 3 diarrhea that was related to a Clostridium difficile infection due to a prophylactic antibiotic.