Table 8.

Frequency of late toxicities by type and grade

Toxicity	Experimental group					Control group					z	p
	0	1	2	3	4	0	1	2	3	4
Xerostomia	16 (14.2)	85 (75.2)	12 (10.6)	0 (0)	0 (0)	18 (16.7)	75 (69.4)	15 (13.9)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.093	0.926
Subcutaneous fibrosis	40 (35.4)	63 (55.8)	10 (8.8)	0 (0)	0 (0)	39 (36.1)	62 (57.4)	7 (6.5)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.318	0.750
Hearing impairment	79 (69.9)	32 (28.3)	2 (1.8)	0 (0)	0 (0)	79 (73.1)	28 (25.9)	1 (0.9)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.562	0.574
Trismus	106 (93.8)	5 (4.4)	2 (1.8)	0 (0)	0 (0)	100 (92.6)	6 (5.6)	2 (1.9)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.352	0.724
Cranial nerve palsy	112 (99.1)	1 (0.9)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	106 (98.1)	2 (1.9)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.620	0.536
Temporal lobe necrosis	112 (99.1)	1 (0.9)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	105 (97.2)	3 (2.8)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1.053	0.292
Vision loss	111 (98.2)	2 (1.8)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	104 (96.3)	4 (3.7)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.882	0.378