Table 8. Adverse events after CCRT in the two arms.
| Adverse events | TPF arm | TP arm | Z | p | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Hematologic | ||||||||||||
| Leukocytopenia | 15 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 0 | –0.676 | 0.499 |
| Neutropenia | 14 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 3 | –1.839 | 0.066 |
| Anemia | 43 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | –0.886 | 0.375 |
| Thrombocytopenia | 42 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | –1.000 | 0.371 |
| Liver function | 46 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.935 | 0.053 |
| Renal function | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.147 | 0.251 |
| Non-hematologic | ||||||||||||
| Mucositis | 0 | 26 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 36 | 4 | 0 | –0.106 | 0.915 |
| Dermatitis | 0 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 0 | –0.105 | 0.916 |
| Diarrhea | 51 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | –0.815 | 0.415 |
| Nausea/vomiting | 49 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | –0.215 | 0.830 |
Abbreviations: CCRT, concurrent chemoradiotherapy.