Table 3.

Acute organ toxicity

Toxicity grade	3D conformal radiotherapy		Volumetric modulated arc therapy
	No.	%	No.	%	Chi-square, p	Kruskal-Wallis, p
Skin reaction
≥3	7	7	0	0	0.0190
0	21	20	26	32		0.0056
1	42	39	39	48
2	37	34	16	20
3	7	7	0	0
Proctitis
≥3	13	12	2	2	0.0153
0	15	14	9	11		0.0670
1	36	34	36	45
2	43	40	34	42
3	13	12	2	2
Enteritis
≥3	4	4	1	1	0.2907
0	53	49	36	44		0.5898
1	34	32	29	36
2	16	15	15	19
3	4	4	1	1
Cystitis
≥3	3	3	1	1	0.4603
0	63	59	39	48		0.2219
1	39	36	35	43
2	2	2	6	7
3	2	2	1	1
4	1	1	0	0
Balanitis
0	106	99	81	100	b
3	1	1	0	0
Any kind of acute organ toxicitya
≥3	21	20	4	5	0.0081
0	4	4	2	3		0.0113
1	27	25	36	44
2	55	51	39	48
3	20	19	4	5
4	1	1	0	0

^aThe highest score of any acute organ toxicity per patient

^bNo statistical comparisons due to small groups of patients