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Table 3 Percent of patients with RTOG grades 0-2 gastrointestinal (GI) and genitourinary (GU) toxicity

From: Stereotactic body radiotherapy with periprostatic hydrogel spacer for localized prostate cancer: toxicity profile and early oncologic outcomes

Toxicity

Grade

n

Months post treatment

During SBRT

1

4

7-12

13-18

50

50

46

41

36

GI

0

 

84%

88%

100%

100%

100%

1

 

16%

8% (6%)a

0

0

0

2

 

0

4% (4%)a

0

0

0

GU

0

 

38%

44%

63%

71%

75%

1

 

32%

26% (4%)a

20%

17%

14%

2

 

30%

30% (12%)a

17%

12%

11%

  1. aPercent in parentheses at one-month post treatment represents patients that were asymptomatic during SBRT but developed toxicity during the 4 weeks after completing radiotherapy