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Table 3 Local response rates and clinical symptom relief

From: Accelerated hyperfractionated intensity-modulated radiotherapy for recurrent/unresectable rectal cancer in patients with previous pelvic irradiation: results of a phase II study

Characteristics

No.

%

Local response

  

 Complete response (CR)

0

0

 Partial response (PR)

9

40.9

 Stable disease (SD)

12

54.5

 Progressive disease (PD)

1

4.5

Symptom relief*

  

 Complete relief

6

27.3

 Partial relief

13

59.1

 No relief

3

13.6

  1. *All of the patients had severe clinical symptoms before reirradiation, including pain (17 patients), bleeding (1 patient), mass effect (1 patient), pain and bleeding (2 patients), and bleeding and mass effect (1 patient).
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Radiation Oncology

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