Table 3.

The occurrence and comparison of acute toxic and side effects between the two groups.

	Arms	Classification of acute toxic reactions					Number of cases (%)	χ2	P
		0	1	2	3	4
leukopenia	Control	15	8	13	4	3	28 (65.12%).	1.062	0.303
	Experimental	12	14	16	6	0	36 (75.00%).
Neutropenia	Control	24	5	7	3	4	19 (44.19%).	5.588	0.018
	Experimental	15	18	9	5	1	33 (68.75%).
thrombocytopenia	Control	30	9	2	1	1	13 (30.23%).	0.276	0.599
	Experimental	31	12	5	0	0	17 (35.42%).
Blood in the urine	Control	22	14	6	0	1	21 (48.84%).	0.008	0.930
	Experimental	25	16	6	1	0	23 (47.92%).
proteinuria	Control	32	6	4	1	0	11 (25.58%).	0.653	0.419
	Experimental	32	12	4	0	0	16 (33.33%).
hypertension	Control	42	1	0	0	0	1 (2.33%).		0.032*
	Experimental	40	8	0	0	0	8 (16.67%)
bleeding	Control	34	7	2	0	0	9 (20.93%)	0.212	0.645
	Experimental	36	11	1	0	0	12 (25.00%).
infection	Control	35	4	2	2	0	8 (18.60%)	9.806	0.02
	Experimental	24	16	8	0	0	24 (50.00%).
nausea	Control	17	12	12	2	0	26 (60.47%).	3.957	0.046
	Experimental	29	9	10	0	0	20 (41.67%).
vomiting	Control	28	8	5	2	0	15 (34.88%).	1.062	0.303
	Experimental	36	7	5	0	0	12 (25.00%).
diarrhea	Control	32	6	2	3	0	11 (25.58%).	0.026	0.871
	Experimental	35	10	3	0	0	13 (27.08%).
Skin damage*	Control	34	8	0	0	1	9 (20.93%)	0.052	0.819
	Experimental	37	10	1	0	0	11 (22.92%).
Lower alimentary canal and pelvic cavity*	Control	35	5	2	1	0	8 (18.60%)	3.217	0.073
	Experimental	31	8	8	0	1	17 (35.42%).
Genitourinary tract*	Control	40	0	2	0	1	3 (6.98%)		0.323*
	Experimental	41	5	1	1	0	7 (14.58%)
Radiation cystitis*	Control	42	0	0	0	1	1 (2.33%).		1.00*
	Experimental	46	1	0	1	0	2 (4.17%).
Radiation proctitis*	Control	38	3	1	1	0	5 (11.63%)	0.173	0.677
	Experimental	41	1	5	0	1	7 (14.58%)

*denotes radiation-related injury.