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Table 4 Chronic toxicities of IMRT and 3D-CRT

From: Dosimetric comparison of intensity modulated radiotherapy and three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy in patients with gynecologic malignancies: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Reference

Grade

Cases of GI++

Cases of GU#

IMRT*

3D-CRT+

IMRT*

3D-CRT+

Mundt et al.[39]

0

32

15

N/D

N/D

1

3

9

N/D

N/D

2

1

5

N/D

N/D

3-4

0

1

N/D

N/D

total

36

30

N/D

N/D

Hasselle et al.[43]

0

81

N/D

91

N/D

1

15

N/D

13

N/D

2

11

N/D

2

N/D

3-4

4

N/D

5

N/D

total

111

N/D

111

N/D

Chen et al.[36]

0

31

23

30

27

1

2

4

2

5

2

0

6

0

2

3-4

0

2

1

1

total

33

35

33

35

  1. * intensity modulated radiotherapy; + three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy;
  2. ++ gastrointestinal; # genitourinary.