Table 5 Comparison to results from other studies using IGRT for prostate cancer
From: Acute toxicity in prostate cancer patients treated with and without image-guided radiotherapy
Study | Method | Acute toxicity GU by grade (%) | Acute toxicity GI by grade (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
Present study (IGRT) (n = 249) | 96% conformal RT fiducials 78 Gy | 54 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Lips et al. (5) (n = 331) | IMRT fiducials 76 Gy | 47 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Soete et al. (6) (n = 238) | IG Arc therapy | 37 | 16 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 |
Ghadjar et al. (7) (n = 39) | IMRT fiducials 80 Gy | 56 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Cheng et al. (8) (n = 76) | Tomotherapy 78.9 Gy | 38 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
Martin et al. (9) (n = 259) | 87% conformal RT fiducials 79.8 Gy | 33 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |