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Published in final edited form as: Pract Radiat Oncol. 2017 May 10;7(6):e401–e408. doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2017.05.002

Table 3.

Toxicities experienced during stem cell transplantation for photon and proton patients

	Photon	Proton	P
	n = 23	n = 14	P
Any mucositis
No (%)	12 (52)	7 (50)	.90
Yes (%)	11 (48)	7 (50)
Infection
No (%)	3 (13)	2 (14)	1.00
Yes (%)	20 (87)	12 (86)
Neutropenic fever
No (%)	10 (43)	10 (71)	.17
Yes (%)	13 (57)	4 (29)
GI toxicity
No (%)	7 (30)	3 (21)	.71
Yes (%)	16 (70)	11 (79)
CNS toxicity
No (%)	15 (65)	10 (71)	1.00
Yes (%)	8 (35)	4 (29)
CV toxicity
No (%)	16 (70)	10 (71)	1.00
Yes (%)	7 (30)	4 (29)
Pulmonary toxicity
No (%)	19 (83)	11 (79)	1.00
Yes (%)	4 (17)	3 (21)
GVHD
No (%)	17 (74)	8 (57)	.29
Yes (%)	6 (26)	6 (43)

CNS, central nervous system; CV, cardiovascular; GI, gastrointestinal, GVHD, graft-versus-host disease.