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Table 3 Acute symptoms according to the CTCAE (v4) at each SRT session

From: Acute toxicities and cumulative dose to the brain of repeated sessions of stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) for brain metastases: a retrospective study of 184 patients

 

SRT1 (n = 184)

SRT2 (n = 184)

SRT3 (n = 61)

SRT ≥ 4 (n = 31)

Number of patients

Percentage (%)

Number of patients

Percentage (%)

Number of patient

Percentage (%)

Number of patients

Percentage (%)

Symptoms pre-SRT

Yes

102

55

103

56

25

41

13

42

No

82

45

81

44

36

59

18

58

Symptoms post-SRT

Yes

67

36

74

40

21

34

13

42

No

117

64

110

60

40

66

18

58

Corticotherapy pre-SRT

Yes

63

34

67

36

17

28

11

35

No

121

66

117

64

44

72

20

65

Cephalalgy pre-SRT

Grade 0

136

74

132

72

47

77

26

84

Grade 1

36

20

41

22

11

18

4

13

Grade 2

12

7

11

6

2

3

1

3

Grade 3

0

0

0

0

1

2

0

0

Cephalalgy post-SRT

Grade 0

136

74

132

72

46

75

25

81

Grade 1

36

20

43

23

10

16

5

16

Grade 2

12

7

8

4

4

7

1

3

Grade 3

0

0

1

1

1

2

0

0

Confusion pre-SRT

Grade 0

170

92

156

85

53

87

25

81

Grade 1

11

6

21

11

6

10

5

16

Grade 2

3

2

7

4

2

3

1

3

Confusion post-SRT

Grade 0

179

97

168

91

55

90

27

87

Grade 1

5

3

11

6

3

5

4

13

Grade 2

0

0

5

3

3

5

0

0

Nausea pre-SRT

Grade 0

175

95

168

91

59

97

29

94

Grade 1

5

3

14

8

1

2

1

3

Grade 2

4

2

2

1

1

2

1

3

Nausea post-SRT

Grade 0

171

93

173

94

59

97

28

90

Grade 1

9

5

10

5

1

2

2

6

Grade 2

4

2

1

1

1

2

1

3

Epilepsy pre-SRT

Grade 0

162

88

157

85

56

92

28

90

Grade 1

15

8

21

11

3

5

3

10

Grade 2

7

4

6

3

2

3

0

0

Epilepsy post-SRT

Grade 0

174

95

169

92

58

95

30

97

Grade 1

6

3

10

5

1

2

1

3

Grade 2

4

2

5

3

2

3

0

0

Sensorimotor disorder pre-SRT

Grade 0

118

64

114

62

44

72

23

74

Grade 1

29

16

38

21

5

8

4

13

Grade 2

37

20

32

17

11

18

4

13

Grade 3

0

0

0

0

1

2

0

0

Sensorimotor disorder post-SRT

Grade 0

140

76

133

72

46

75

25

81

Grade 1

21

11

27

15

7

11

4

13

Grade 2

23

13

23

13

7

11

2

6

Grade 3

0

0

1

1

1

2

0

0