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Table 8 The study reports of late complications occurrence after IMRT

From: Analysis of late toxicity in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients treated with intensity modulated radiation therapy

 

Xerostomia

Ears

Subcutaneous Soft tissue

Skin reaction

Trismus

Mandible

Eyes

Brain

Spinal cord

Cranial nerve

Xiao [13] 2001-05

61.8%

91.2%

94.1%

35.3%

7.4%

0%

1.5%

17.6%

 

4.4%

N = 68 MFU* = 54 m

≥G3 0%

≥G3 0%

≥G3 1.5%

≥G3 0%

≥G3 0%

≥G3 0%

≥G3 0%

≥G3 0%

 

≥G3 0%

Chen YY [23] 2001-04

    

5.7%

     

N = 211 MFU* = 48 m

≥G3 0%

Su [18] 2001-08

       

15.4%

  

N = 259 MFU* = 40 m

Zhou [17] 2003-06

       

16%

  

N = 305 MFU* = 48.9 m

Wang [21] 2003-06

≥G3 2.7%

≥G3 0%

≥G3 0.14%

≥G3 0.3%

≥G3 0.7%

 

≥G3 0%

≥G3 0.14%

  

N = 695 MFU* = 66.4 m

Wu [20] 2006-09

≥G3 0%

 

≥G3 10%

  

≥G3 2%

 

≥G3 1%

  

N = 249 MFU* = 54.1 m

This study 2003–07 N = 208 MFU* = 78 m

40.9%

67.8%

89.9%

47.6%

7.21%

0%

1.44%

4.80%

0%

2.88%

≥G3 0%

≥G3 0.96%

≥G3 1.9%

≥G3 0.48%

≥G3 0%

≥G3 0%

≥G3 0%

≥G3 0.48%

≥G3 0%

≥G3 0.96%

  1. *MFU: Median follow-up.