Table 5.

Complications after brachytherapy with iodine-125 seed

Complications	Group A	Group B
Mild pneumothorax	4	0
Radiation pneumonitis	0	0
Seed migration	2	0
Local skin erythema	0	0

Notes: Group A, 50 elderly patients with stage III or IV NSCLC treated with the chemotherapy regimens (paclitaxel/cisplatin) and CT-guided iodine-125 brachytherapy. Group B, 50 patients who received chemotherapy consisting of paclitaxel and cisplatin only.

Abbreviations: CT, computer tomography; NSCLC, non-small-cell lung cancer.