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Table 4 Before–before and before–after symptom comparisons (McNemar test)

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

 

Before-before SRT1/SRT2

Before-before SRT2/SRT3

Before-after SRT1

Before-after SRT2

Before-after SRT3

Before-after SRT 4/5/6

Any symptom

1

1

 < 0.01

 < 0.01

0.38

0.68

Cephalalgy

0.39

NA

0.68

1

1

1

Confusion

0.03

0.54

0.02

0.02

0.61

0.61

Nausea

0.11

NA

0.65

0.22

1

1

Epilepsy

0.7

NA

0.02

0.05

0.61

1

Sensorimotor disorder

0.49

NA

 < 0.01

 < 0.01

0.72

1

  1. SRT stereotactic radiotherapy, NA not assessable
  2. Bold values indicate significant values