Table 2 Pre-treatment complaints and acute toxicity according to the Common Toxicity Criteria (CTC) and late toxicity according to the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group/European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (RTOG/EORTC) scale
Item | Number of patients (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grade 0 | Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | |
Pre-treatment (n = 331) | |||||
Genitourinary | |||||
Urinary frequency/urgency | 161 (49) | 99 (30) | 69 (21) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) |
Urinary retention | 317 (96) | 13 (4) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Bladder spasms | 328 (99) | 3 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Urinary incontinence | 318 (96) | 13 (4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Hematuria | 324 (98) | 6 (2) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Dysuria | 318 (96) | 13 (4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Overall | 150 (45) | 108 (33) | 71 (22) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) |
Gastrointestinal | |||||
Proctitis | 306 (92) | 19 (6) | 6 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Rectal or perirectal pain | 328 (99) | 3 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Overall | 305 (92) | 20 (6) | 6 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Acute toxicity (n = 331) | |||||
Genitourinary | |||||
Urinary frequency/urgency | 25 (8) | 154 (47) | 144 (44) | 8 (2) | 0 (0) |
Urinary retention | 271 (82) | 52 (16) | 3 (1) | 5 (2) | 0 (0) |
Bladder spasms | 309 (94) | 18 (5) | 4 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Urinary incontinence | 305 (92) | 23 (7) | 3 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Hematuria | 317 (96) | 7 (2) | 6 (2) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0) |
Dysuria | 165 (50) | 139 (42) | 26 (8) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0) |
Overall | 19 (6) | 147 (44) | 155 (47) | 10 (3) | 0 (0) |
Gastrointestinal | |||||
Proctitis | 71 (22) | 168 (51) | 92 (28) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Rectal or perirectal pain | 275 (83) | 32 (10) | 24 (7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Overall | 63 (19) | 169 (51) | 99 (30) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Infection | 313 (95) | 3 (1) | 12 (4) | 3 (1) | 0 (0) |
Late toxicity (n = 320) | |||||
Genitourinary | 152 (48) | 86 (27) | 68 (21) | 13 (4) | 1 (0.3) |
Gastrointestinal | 193 (60) | 94 (29) | 30 (9) | 2 (1) | 1 (0.3) |