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Table 5 Acute and chronic complications of 3DCRT and IMRT

From: Intensity-modulated radiation therapy versus three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy with concurrent nedaplatin-based chemotherapy after radical hysterectomy for uterine cervical cancer: comparison of outcomes, complications, and dose-volume histogram parameters

   

3DCRT

IMRT

 
   

n

(%)

n

(%)

p

Acute

GI

≥G2

30

94

19

63

<0.01

 

G3

18

56

6

20

<0.01

GU

≥G2

1

3

0

0

0.329

 

G3

0

0

0

0

N.S.

HT

≥G2

27

84

28

93

0.265

 

≥G3

12

38

19

63

<0.05

Chronic

GI

≥G2

9

28

1

3

<0.001

 

G3

6

19

1

3

0.055

GU

≥G2

2

6

1

3

0.593

 

G3

0

0

0

0

N.S.

leg edema

≥G2

4

13

4

13

0.922

 

G3

0

0

0

0

N.S.

  1. 3DCRT three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy, IMRT intensity-modulated radiation therapy, GI gastrointestinal, GU genitourinary, HT hematologic toxicity
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