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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Apr 20;81(4):e607–e613. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.02.042

Table 2. Details of radiation treatment.

Patient Cohort Total

Cohort I Cohort II

N Col % N Col % N Col %

Split Course Used

 No 4 25.0 10 83.3 14 50.0

 Yes 12 75.0 2 16.7 14 50.0

 Total 16 100.0 12 100.0 28 100.0

Bone Marrow Depression

 No 6 37.5 6 54.5 12 44.4

 Yes 10 62.5 5 45.5 15 55.6

 Total 16 100.0 11 100.0 27 100.0

Unplanned RT Interruptions

 No 9 52.9 4 30.8 13 43.3

 Yes 8 47.1 9 69.2 17 56.7

 Total 17 100.0 13 100.0 30 100.0

Planned RT dose/fraction adhered to

 No 2 11.1 1 7.7 3 9.7

 Yes 16 88.9 12 92.3 28 90.3

 Total 18 100.0 13 100.0 31 100.0

Total planned RT dose delivered

 No 2 11.1 1 7.7 3 9.7

 Yes 16 88.9 12 92.3 28 90.3

 Total 18 100.0 13 100.0 31 100.0

Reason RT not completed as planned

 Excessive reactions 1 100.0 1 100.0 2 100.0
 Total 1 100.0 1 100.0 2 100.0
RT Acute Skin Reaction
 None 2 11.8 0 0 2 6.7
 Erythema & Desquamation 2 11.8 3 23.1 5 16.7
 Dry Desquamation Reaction 3 17.6 1 7.7 4 13.3
 Desquamation & Blistering 3 17.6 0 0 3 10.0
 Moist Exudative Reaction 7 41.2 9 69.2 16 53.3
 Total 17 100.0 13 100.0 30 100.0