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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 4.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 Apr 12;96(1):119–126. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.04.001

Table 3.

Short and Long Term Toxicities by Radiation Therapy Dosage Group1

Toxicity Grade2 I II III IV

Short Term (n=45)
Adjuvant RT (n=17) 9 (52.9%) 7 (41.2%) - 1 (5.9%)
Standard dose RT (n=16) 6 (37.5%) 6 (37.5%) 4 (56.3%) -
Escalated dose RT (n=12) 3 (25%) 6 (50%) 3 (25%) -

Long Term (n=44)3
Adjuvant RT (n=17) 4 (23.5%) 7 (41.2%) 2 (23.5%) 1 (5.9%)
Standard dose RT (n=15) 6 (37.5%) 9 (60%) - -
Escalated dose RT (n=12) 2 (16.7%) 5 (41.7%) 3 (25%) 1 (8.3%)
1

Highest graded short and long term toxicities observed for each patient within each RT dosing group, across all toxicity categories.

2

Common Toxicity Criteria, Version 2.0, including the RTOG/EORTC Late Radiation Morbidity Scoring Scheme.

3

One standard dose RT patient taken off study < 3months after completion of RT due to distant failure.