Tumor Burden and Intraosseous Metabolic Activity as Predictors of Bone Marrow Failure during Radioisotope Therapy in Metastasized Prostate Cancer Patients

Table 3

Results of multivariate analysis for grade III/IV hematologic toxicity.

Dependent variable	Degrees of freedom	value	value
Age	1	2,555	NS
Weight	1	1,978	NS
PSA level	1	3,637	NS
Superscan	1	0,33	NS
counts	1	9,346	0,016
Axial counts	1	0,134	NS
Appendicular counts	1	5,318	0,045
mean counts	1	1,374	NS
Axial mean counts	1	0,708	NS
Appendicular mean counts	1	2,933	NS
INV%	1	9,881	0,014
INV% (axial skeleton)	1	1,509	NS
INV% (appendicular skeleton)	1	12,366	0,008
Appendicular invasion (INV% > median)	1	16	0,004