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. 2018 Mar 15;7(7):e1440168. doi: 10.1080/2162402X.2018.1440168

Table 5.

Relationship of radiotherapy treatment site to occurrence of adverse events.

  Any Grade AE
Grade ≥3 AE
  No RT to/near organ RT to/near organ p No RT to/near organ RT to/near organ p
Lung n = 22 n = 37   n = 22 n = 37  
 Pneumonitis 2 (9.1%) 4 (10.8%) 1.0000 1 (4.5%) 2 (5.4%) 1.0000
Abdomen n = 26 n = 33   n = 26 n = 33  
 Transaminitis 5 (19.2%) 5 (15.2%) 0.7365 1 (3.8%) 1 (3.0%) 1.0000
 AKI 3 (11.5%) 2 (6.1%) 0.6458 1 (3.8%) 0 (0%) 0.4407
 Adrenal insufficiency 1 (3.8%) 1 (3.0%) 1.0000
 Pancreatitis 0 (0%) 1 (3.0%) 1.0000
Colon n = 17 n = 42   n = 17 n = 42  
 Colitis 2 (11.8%) 0 (0%) 0.0795 1 (5.9%) 0 (0%) 0.2881
Thyroid n = 22 n = 37        
 Hypo/hyper-thyroidism 3 (13.6%) 2 (5.4%) 0.3513
Head n = 35 n = 24        
 Hypophysitis 1 (2.9%) 2 (8.3%) 0.5607
 Uveitis 1 (2.9%) 0 (0%) 1.0000

Abbreviations: AE, adverse events; RT, radiotherapy.