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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Oncol. 2016 Sep 27;17(11):1521–1532. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(16)30313-8

Table 2.

Toxicity and treatment emerging adverse events [TEAE]

RT TMZ
(N=228) (N=235)
Hematological toxicity, N(%) Gr1–2 Gr3 Gr4 Gr1–2 Gr3 Gr4
Leukopenia 12(5.3) 120(51.1) 8(3.4) 1(0.4)
Neutropenia 6(2.6) 1(0.4) 80(34) 6(2.6) 4(1.7)
Thrombocytopenia 8(3.4) 4(1.7) 7(3.0)
Anemia 7(3.1) 58(24.7) 1(0.4) 1(0.4)
Other TEAE, N(%)
Allergy/Immunology 3(1.3) 11(4.7) 1(0.4)
Auditory/ear 37(16.2) 4(1.8) 35(14.9) 1(0.4)
Cardiac(general) 10(4.4) 11(4.7) 2(0.9)
Constitutional symptoms 141(61.8) 8(3.5) 159(67.7) 15(6.4) 1(0.4)
Dermatology/skin 112(49.1) 73(31.1) 4(1.7)
Endocrine 9(3.9) 12(5.1)
Gastrointestinal 66(28.9) 4(1.8) 158(67.2) 10(4.3)
Hemorrhage/bleeding 8(3.4)
Hepatobiliar/pancreas 2(0.9)
Infection 23(10.1) 2(0.9) 66(28.1) 7(3.0) 1(0.4)
Lymphatics 1(0.4) 1(0.4) 9(3.8)
Metabolic/laboratory 1(0.4) 2(0.9) 4(1.7)
Musculoskeletal/soft tissue 20(8.8) 2(0.9) 21(8.9) 2(0.9)
Neurology 134(58.8) 25(11.0) 3(1.3) 125(53.2) 36(15.3) 5(2.1)
Ocular/visual 36(15.8) 46(19.6)
Pain 107(46.9) 6(2.6) 121(51.5) 7(3.0)
Pulmonary/upper respiratory 13(5.7) 1(0.4) 42(17.9) 1(0.4)
Renal/genitourinary 4(1.8) 2(0.9) 16(6.8)
Secondary malignancy 1(0.4) 1(0.4) 4(1.7)
Sexual/reproductive function 7(3.1) 11(4.7) 4(1.7)
Surgery/intra-operative injury 2(0.9)
Syndromes (flu-like, somnolence) 3(1.3) 12(5.1)
Vascular 2(0.9) 1(0.4) 1(0.4) 1(0.4)

An individual patient may have experienced diverse and multiple toxicities, thus the number of patients affected by toxicity is lower.