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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Oncol. 2011 Dec 15;13(2):172–180. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(11)70303-5

Table 3.

Number of Patients with Treatment-Related Adverse Events by Category and Grade

Any time
(n=44)
Grade
Acute
(n=44)
Grade
Late
(n=44)
Grade















Category
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
Allergy/immunology 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Auditory/ear 0 19 6 1a 0 0 16 4 1 0 0 12 3 0 0
Blood/bone marrow 1 7 7 9b 0 1 7 7 9 0 2 2 0 0 0
Cardiac arrhythmia 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cardiac general 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coagulation 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Constitutional symptoms 4 18 17 0 0 4 19 16 0 0 10 9 2 0 0
Dermatology/skin 11 20 9 0 0 12 18 9 0 0 16 5 0 0 0
Endocrine 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Gastrointestinal 0 5 38 1c 0 0 5 38 1 0 9 21 7 0 0
Hemorrhage/bleeding 8 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
Infection 0 8 7 1d 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Lymphatics 4 4 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0
Metabolic/laboratory 4 6 12 0 0 4 6 12 0 0 3 2 0 0 0
Musculoskeletal/soft tissue 5 10 4 0 0 4 7 4 0 0 9 6 1 0 0
Neurology 20 8 2 0 0 14 7 1 0 0 16 4 1 0 0
Pain 4 15 17 2e 0 4 15 16 2 0 5 8 2 0 0
Pulmonary/upper respiratory 10 7 6 0 0 9 7 6 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
Sexual/reproductive function 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Syndromes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Vascular 0 1 0 1f 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Includes adverse events where relationship to protocol treatment is missing.

Adverse events were graded with CTCAE version 3.0.

The late period is defined as > 90 days after the end of treatment.

a

tinnitus –1.

b

leukopenia NOS – 6; lymphopenia – 5; neutrophil count – 5; hemoglobin – 1.

c

radiation mucositis – 1.

d

infection with grade 3–4 neutrophils (blood) – 1; infection with grade 3–4 neutrophils [skin (cellulitis)] – 1.

e

pharyngolaryngeal pain – 2.

f

thrombosis – 1.