Table 2. Acute toxicity.
Patients with CCRT (n = 73) | Patients with RT alone (n = 55) | |||||||||
CTC Grade | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Anemia | 15 | 26 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
Leukocytopenia | 9 | 18 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 0 |
Thrombopenia | 27 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Gastrointestinal | 26 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
Skin toxicity | 16 | 26 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
Esophagitis | 12 | 30 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
Pneumonitis | 50 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Abbreviations: CCRT, concurrent chemoradiotherapy; RT, radiotherapy.