Clinical Study

Dose-Escalated Hypofractionated Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy in High-Risk Carcinoma of the Prostate: Outcome and Late Toxicity

Table 2

Late effects in normal tissues subjective, objective, management and analytic scales (LENT/SOMA) data: number of patients with maximum scores per symptom area (percentage of patients in parentheses).

Bowel functionBladder functionSexual function
GradeBaseline2 years7 yearsBaseline2 years7 yearsBaseline2 years7 years

015 (56)10 (48)8 (29)2 (7)1 (5)2 (7)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)
14 (15)1 (5)3 (11)6 (22)6 (29)5 (19)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)
24 (15)2 (10)7 (25)9 (33)12 (57)5 (19)1 (4)2 (11)5 (21)
34 (15)5 (24)8 (29)10 (37)2 (10)14 (52)1 (4)2 (11)2 (8)
40 (0)3 (14)2 (7)0 (0)0 (0)1 (4)22 (92)14 (78)17 (71)