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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 24.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Apr 12;82(5):2018–2024. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.12.074

Table 2.

Reported number and rate of toxicity (Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4) seen in patients receiving salvage SRS for recurrent WHO Grade 3 or 4 glioma who did or did not receive bevacizumab (BVZ)

Total −BVZ +BVZ
Number of patients 63 21 42
Toxicity (%)
  Grade 2 20 (32) 7 (33) 13 (31)
  Grade 3 7 (11) 3 (14) 4 (10)
  Grade 4 1 (2) 1 (5) 0 (0)
Radionecrosis 6 (10) 4 (19) 2 (5)
Worsening of neurologic symptoms 16 (25) 6 (29) 10 (24)
Increase in seizure activity 13 (21) 4 (19) 9 (21)
Fatigue 4 (6) 0 (0) 4 (10)
Changes in memory 4 (6) 1 (5) 3 (7)
Headache 4 (6) 2 (10) 2 (5)

Abbreviations: SRS = stereotactic radiosurgery; WHO = World Health Organization; BVZ = bevacizumab.