Outcomes of Radiotherapy for Osseous Echinococcosis of Meriones meridianus

Table 1

Number of dead gerbils and number of lesion sites with ulceration and infection (), comparison between groups ( deviation).

Group	Number of dead gerbils				Number of lesion sites with ulceration and infection^a
	3 months	6 months			3 months	6 months
Control group	11	20	4.27	0.04	9	13	5.52	0.02
40Gy/5times group	5	13	4.59	0.03	5	10	4.30	0.04
50Gy/5times group	1	3^#	1.05	0.31	2	3^#	0.27	0.60
	10.4	17.4			8.57	20.35
	0.005	<0.001			0.01	<0.001

^aDead gerbils were not counted. The chi-squared test and Bonferroni correction were used to detect the differences between groups. vs. control group; vs. control group; vs. 40Gy/5times group.