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Rates of specific bowel and/or rectal clinical symptoms
| AIM Study (n = 64) | Comparator Study9 (n = 153) | |||
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| EPIC Item for Bowel Function | Pretreatment | Post-treatment (2 mo) | Pretreatment | Post-treatment (2 mo) |
| Urgency | 9 | 8 | 3 | 22 |
| Frequency | 3 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| Fecal incontinence | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Bloody stools | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Rectal pain | 6 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Overall bowel problem | 9 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
EPIC, Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite; AIM, Assessing the Impact of Margin Reduction.
