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Table 3 Late toxicity.

From: Brachytherapy versus radical hysterectomy after external beam chemoradiation: a non-randomized matched comparison in IB2-IIB cervical cancer patients

Status

surgery

brachytherapy

 

Toxicity/Grade

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

 

Hydronephrosis

3

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

p < 0.016

Proctitis

1

3

0

0

1

10

1

1

p < 0.008

Cystitis

0

1

2

0

0

0

2

1

p = 0.785

  1. Hydronephrosis was graded according to the CTC NCI version 2 whereas proctitis and cystitis according to the RTOG/EORTC Late Radiation Morbidity Scoring Scheme (Appendix IV of the CTC NCI version 2).
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

ISSN: 1477-7819

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