. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 2.

Published in final edited form as: Brachytherapy. 2017 Dec 11;17(2):251–258. doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2017.11.006

Table 4.

Acute GI and rectal toxicity

	LDR alone	LDR+EBRT	Salvage

Diarrhea, n (%)
Spacer cohort	2 (7.7%)	5 (12.5%)	1 (12.5%)
Non-spacer cohort	7 (15.9%)	3 (4.1%)	1 (5.3%)
Rectal discomfort, n (%)
Spacer cohort	5 (15.7%)	2 (5.0%)	0
Non-spacer cohort	0	0	0
*Rectal bleeding^, n (%)**
Spacer cohort	0	2 (5.0%)	0
Non-spacer cohort	3 (6.8%)	14 (19.2%)	1 (5.3%)
Proctitis, n (%)
Spacer cohort	0	0	0
Non-spacer cohort	0	4 (5.5%)	0

rectal bleeding was mostly grade 1 and was associated with hemorrhoids; GI – gastrointestinal; LDR – low dose rate; EBRT – external beam radiotherapy.