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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Brachytherapy. 2020 Jun 20;19(5):679–684. doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2020.05.002

Table 3.

Frequency of adverse effects and toxicities in patients undergoing PB-IORT.

Total n=204
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.