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Table 3 Comparison of toxicities between RT and CCRT groups

From: Intensity modulated radiotherapy for locally advanced and metastatic pancreatic cancer: a mono-institutional retrospective analysis

Type of toxicity

RT (n = 36), n

CCRT (n = 27), n

p value *

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

Grade 4

Hematological

         

Leukopenia

7

9

2

0

8

10

2

0

0.094

Neutropenia

2

3

1

0

9

2

0

1

0.034

Anemia

9

6

1

1

9

7

0

0

0.482

Thrombocytopenia

7

3

2

0

8

6

3

0

0.019

Non-hematological

         

Hyperbilirubinemia

2

0

0

0

2

1

0

0

0.406

Elevated ALT

2

0

0

0

6

0

0

0

0.051

Elevated AST

2

0

0

0

2

1

0

0

0.406

Nausea/Vomiting

13

1

0

0

8

1

0

0

0.686

Diarrhea/Constipation

5

1

0

0

3

2

0

0

0.793

  1. *Mann–Whitney U test, two-tailed.
  2. RT radiotherapy, CCRT concurrent chemoradiotherapy, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase.