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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 13.
Published in final edited form as: Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2018 May 15;41(9):1419–1427. doi: 10.1007/s00270-018-1985-1

Table 1.

Incidence of myelosuppression within 6 months after 90Y radioembolization

Laboratory value Control group Study group P value (between two groups)

Leucopenia (< 4 K/mcl)
Before treatment 10/57 (17%) 0/22 (0%) 0.06
After 1–4 weeks 11/53 (21%) 1/15 (7%) 0.28
After 5–8 weeks 15/54 (28%) 3/17 (18%) 0.53
After 9–16 weeks 16/49 (33%) 3/14 (21%) 0.52
After 17–26 weeks 10/40 (25%) 3/13 (23%) 1
Neutropenia (< 1.5 K/mcl)
Before treatment 2/57 (4%) 0/22 (0%) 1
After 1–4 weeks 1/53 (2%) 0/15 (0%) 1
After 5–8 weeks 2/54 (4%) 0/17 (0%) 1
After 9–16 weeks 5/49 (10%) 0/14 (0%) 0.17
After 17–26 weeks 2/40 (5%) 3/13 (23%) 0.09
Erythrocytopenia (< 4.2 M/mcl)
Before treatment 31/57 (54%) 15/22 (68%) 0.32
After 1–4 weeks 30/53 (57%) 11/15 (73%) 0.37
After 5–8 weeks 29/54 (54%) 10/17 (59%) 0.78
After 9–16 weeks 23/49 (47%) 10/14 (71%) 0.14
After 17–26 weeks 24/40 (60%) 8/13 (62%) 1
Thrombocytopenia (< 160 K/mcl)
Before treatment 24/57 (42%) 8/22 (36%) 0.08
After 1–4 weeks 20/53 (38%) 8/15 (53%) 0.37
After 5–8 weeks 28/54 (52%) 5/17 (29%) 0.16
After 9–16 weeks 25/49 (51%) 9/14 (64%) 0.54
After 17–26 weeks 21/40 (53%) 9/13 (69%) 0.35
Lymphocytopenia (< 0.5 K/mcl)
Before treatment 3/55 (5%) 3/20 (15%) 0.33
After 1–4 weeks 15/50 (30%) 4/16 (25%) 1
After 5–8 weeks 16/50 (32%) 1/16 (6%) 0.05
After 9–16 weeks 10/47 (21%) 3/13 (23%) 1
After 17–26 weeks 8/38 (21%) 0/13 (0%) 0.17