Table 2.
Specific toxicity attributed to current proton treatment. N represents the number of distinct patients for which there is follow-up at each time point. The values in the table are the number of patients that had a radiation attributed side effect of grade 1 or higher at the given time (posttreatment, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months).
Toxicity |
No. of patients with toxicity attributed to proton treatment |
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Posttreatment (n = 11) |
3 month (n = 11) |
6 month (n = 6) |
12 month (n = 5) |
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Grade 1 |
Grade 2 |
Grade 3 |
Grade 1 |
Grade 2 |
Grade 3 |
Grade 1 |
Grade 2 |
Grade 3 |
Grade 1 |
Grade 2 |
Grade 3 |
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Dermatitis radiation | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
Dry mouth | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
Dysgeusia | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Fatigue | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
Mucosal infection | 3 | |||||||||||
Mucositis oral | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Oral pain | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Pain of skin | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
Pharyngolaryngeal pain | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Salivary duct inflammation | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Trismus | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Weight loss | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Grand total | 6 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 |