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. 2017 Feb 7;7:5. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2017.00005

Table 2.

Prevalence of CTC graded gastrointestinal (GI) toxicities at each follow-up to 36 months.

Month 1 3 6 9 12 18 24 30 36

Toxicity Grade % % % % % % % % %
Diarrhea 0 75 82 83 74 79 95 78 77 79
1 19 14 13 23 19 5 20 22 21
2 7 3 4 3 2 0 2 1 0

Proctitis 0 90 96 95 95 93 96 95 96 93
1 10 4 5 5 7 4 5 4 7
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Rectal bleeding 0 87 96 87 85 83 84 81 87 87
1 13 4 13 15 12 14 18 13 12
2 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 1
3 0 0 0 0 1a 0 0 0 0

Highest GI 0 62 76 72 66 64 68 65 68 68
1 31 21 24 31 31 29 32 31 31
2 7 3 4 3 4 3 3 1 1
3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

aPatient with non-healing ulcer required hyperbaric oxygen and was assigned as grade 3 toxicity.