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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Aug 20;112(1):169–178. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.08.019

Table 2:

Acute grade ≥ 2 and grade ≥ 3 toxicity. Data presented as n (% of the total N for the relevant treatment group).

PHASE III PHASE II/III

IMRT (n=13) PET-BMS-IMRT (n=16) P IMRT (n=55) PET-BMS-IMRT (n=46) P
TOXICITY
Neutropenia
  Grade ≥ 2 9 (69%) 8 (50%) 0.30 31 (56%) 22 (48%) 0.39
  Grade ≥ 3 7 (54%) 3 (19%) 0.048* 19 (35%) 6 (13%) 0.01*
Lymphopenia
  Grade ≥ 2 4 (31%) 5 (31%) 0.98 17 (31%) 16 (35%) 0.68
  Grade ≥ 3 1 (8%) 1 (6%) 0.88 6 (11%) 4 (9%) 0.75
Thrombocytopenia
  Grade ≥ 2 1 (8%) 2 (13%) 0.36 6 (11%) 7 (15%) 0.56
  Grade ≥ 3 0 (0%) 1 (6%) 0.67 4 (7%) 1 (2%) 0.37
Anemia
  Grade ≥ 2 6 (46%) 10 (63%) 0.38 23 (42%) 21 (46%) 0.70
  Grade ≥ 3 1 (8%) 3 (19%) 0.39 1 (2%) 3 (7%) 0.33
Leukopenia
  Grade ≥ 2 8 (62%) 12 (75%) 0.44 41 (75%) 31 (67%) 0.43
  Grade ≥ 3 5 (38%) 7 (44%) 0.77 21 (38%) 14 (30%) 0.42
Any Hematologic Toxicity
  Grade ≥ 2 10 (77%) 14 (88%) 0.45 47 (85%) 38 (83%) 0.70
  Grade ≥ 3 7 (54%) 9 (56%) 0.90 25 (45%) 17 (37%) 0.39
Gastrointestinal Toxicity
Grade ≥ 2 3 (23%) 2 (13%) 0.44 17 (31%) 17 (37%) 0.51
Grade ≥ 3 0 (0%) 0 (0%) - 1 (2%) 2 (4%) 0.59
*

Variable was unbalanced (P<.05) between groups.