Table 3.
Side effects in 55 patients received radiotherapy (2D, 3D)
| Side effects RTOG | Grade | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Acute toxicity | ||||
| Gastrointestinal | ||||
| Anorexia | 25(15/29,10/26)* | 5(3/29, 2/26)* | 0 | 0 |
| Diarrhea | 6(3/29, 3/26)* | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vomiting | 7(4/29, 3/26)* | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bone marrow suppression | ||||
| Leucopenia | 19(11/29, 10/26)* | 9(4/29, 5/26)* | 0 | 0 |
| Thrombocytopenia | 11(6/29, 5/26)* | 16(6/29, 10/26)* | 5(2/29, 3/26)* | 0 |
| Late toxicity | ||||
| Liver injury | 12(7/29, 5/26)* | 5(6/29, 5/26)* | 0 | 0 |
| Gastrointestinal injury | 15(9/29, 6/26)* | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kidney injury | 3(2/29,1/26)* | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spinal cord injury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
*Cases of the group with two-dimensional conventional radiotherapy before 2005 and those of three-dimensional conformal or intensity-modulated radiotherapy were displayed in the brackets, and no significant difference was found between the two groups.