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Table 4 Acute toxicity as a function of patient and disease characteristics

From: Dose to organs at risk in the upper abdomen in patients treated with extended fields by helical tomotherapy: a dosimetric and clinical preliminary study

Patient characteristics

 

Acute GI toxicity

Acute hematological toxicity

Acute epatobyliary toxicity

Acute pancreatic toxicity

Acute renal toxicity

 

total

G0-G1

≥G2

G0-G1

≥G2

G0-G1

≥G2

G0-G1

≥G2

G0-G1

≥G2

Total

29

26

3

21

8

29

0

29

0

29

0

Median age (y)

65.1

66.1

54

67.9

57.6

65.1

0

65.1

0

65.1

0

Primary prostate cancer

4

3

1

3

1

4

0

4

0

4

0

Nodal recurrence of prostate cancer

17

17

0

16

1

17

0

17

0

17

0

Postoperative endometrial cancer

3

3

0

1

2

3

0

3

0

3

0

Primary cervical cancer

5

3

2

1

4

5

0

5

0

5

0

History of abdominal surgery

15

15

0

12

3

15

0

15

0

15

0

History of prior RT

13

13

0

12

1

13

0

13

0

13

0

Paraaortic RT

10

10

0

9

1

10

0

10

0

10

0

Paraaortic + pelvic nodes RT

19

16

3

12

7

19

0

19

0

19

0

Intracavitary brachytherapy

5

5

0

1

4

5

0

5

0

5

0

Concurrent chemotherapy

7

6

1

2

5

7

0

7

0

7

0