Research Article

Implant R100 Predicts Rectal Bleeding in Prostate Cancer Patients Treated with IG-IMRT to 45 Gy and Pd-103 Implant

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

CharacteristicNo. of patients ( )% of total

Age (yrs)
 ≤652236.1%
 >653963.9%
Pretreatment PSA (ng/mL)
 <105082.0%
 ≥101118.0%
Gleason score
 6711.5%
 74878.7%
 869.8%
Tumor stage
 T1c3455.7%
 T2a1931.1%
 T2b69.8%
 T2c23.3%
Risk group
 Low34.9%
 Intermediate5285.2%
 High69.8%
Androgen deprivation therapy
 No5082.0%
 Yes1118.0%

PSA: prostate specific antigen.