Table 3.
Frequency of adverse effects and toxicities in patients undergoing PB-IORT.
Total n=204 | ||||||
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Category | Adverse effect | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | G5 |
Overall maximum toxicity | 66 (32.4%) | 27 (13.2%) | 5 (2.5%) | |||
General | Fatigue | 9 (4.4%) | 3 (1.5%) | |||
Fever | 1 (0.5%) | 1 (0.5%) | ||||
Localized edema | 5 (2.5%) | |||||
Pain | 2 (1.0%) | 1 (0.5%) | ||||
Infection | Urinary tract infection | 1 (0.5%) | ||||
Breast infection | 8 (3.9%) | 2 (1.0%) | ||||
Wound infection | 2 (1.0%) | 1 (0.5%) | ||||
Procedural | Radiation dermatitis | 13 (6.4%) | 3 (1.5%) | |||
Radiation reaction | 2 (1.0%) | |||||
Seroma | 29 (14.2) | 5 (2.5%) | ||||
Wound dehiscence | 1 (0.5%) | |||||
Other | 2 (1.0%) | |||||
Hematologic | Lymphocytopenia | 1 (0.5%) | ||||
Metabolic | Hyperglycemia | 1 (0.5%) | ||||
Musculoskeletal | Fibrosis (deep) | 1 (0.5%) | ||||
Fibrosis (superficial) | 8 (3.9%) | 1 (0.5%) | ||||
Generalized muscle weakness | 1 (0.5%) | |||||
Extremity pain | 1 (0.5%) | |||||
Reproductive/breast | Breast pain | 18 (8.8%) | 2 (1.0%) | |||
Other | 6 (2.9%) | 1 (0.5%) | ||||
Respiratory | Cough | 1 (0.5%) | ||||
Skin | Erythema multiforme | 7 (3.4%) | 1 (0.5%) | |||
Pruritus | 4 (2.0%) | |||||
Rash maculopapular | 3 (1.5%) | |||||
Skin hyperpigmentation | 8 (3.9%) | |||||
Skin induration | 1 (0.5%) | 1 (0.5%) | ||||
Other | 14 (6.9%) | 5 (2.5%) | ||||
Vascular | Lymphedema | 2 (1.0%) | ||||
Superficial thrombophlebitis | 1 (05%) | 2 (1.0%) | ||||
Thromboembolic event | 1 (0.5%) | |||||
Other | 1 (0.5%) | |||||
Unspecified | 1 (0.5%) |
Categorical variables listed as n (%).
Overall maximum toxicity denotes the number of patients that experienced a maximum toxicity of that grade.