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. 2022 Nov 17;17:189. doi: 10.1186/s13014-022-02158-4

Table 4.

Acute adverse events and grade for concurrent chemotherapy

Event for acute chemotherapy toxicity Taxane combined platinum-based concurrent chemoradiotherapy
N = 104
All grades Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5
Leukopenia 72 (69.2%) 30 (28.8%) 32 (30.8%) 9 (8.7%) 1 (1.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Neutropenia 37 (35.6%) 13 (12.5%) 16 (15.4%) 4 (3.8%) 4 (3.8%) 0 (0.0%)
Anemia 35 (33.7%) 34 (32.7%) 1 (1.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Thrombocytopenia 6 (5.8%) 5 (4.8%) 1 (1.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Hyper creatinine 3 (2.9%) 3 (2.9%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Total bilirubin elevation 17 (16.3%) 12 (11.5%) 5 (4.8%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Conjugated bilirubin concentration elevation 16 (15.4%) 10 (9.6%) 6 (5.8%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Unconjugated bilirubin concentration elevation 16 (15.4%) 11 (10.6%) 5 (4.8%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Hyponatremia 21 (20.2%) 17 (16.4%) 4 (3.8%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Hypochloremia 19 (18.3%) 16 (15.4%) 3 (2.9%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Hypokalemia 19 (18.3%) 15 (14.4%) 3 (2.9%) 1 (1.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Nasopharyngeal wall necrosis 3 (3.5%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (2.4%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (2.4%)
Eye damage 16 (18.8%) 13 (15.3%) 3 (13.5%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Deafness 43 (50.6%) 17 (20%.0) 21 (24.7%) 4 (4.7%) 1 (1.2%) 0 (0.0%)
Trismus 11 (12.9%) 5 (5.9%) 5 (5.9%) 1 (1.2%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Xerostomia 57 (67.1%) 30 (35.3%) 26 (30.6%) 1 (1.2%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Skin damage 29 (34.1%) 23 (27.1%) 6 (7.1%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Dysphagia 15 (17.6%) 13 (15.3%) 2 (2.4%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Temporal-lobe necrosis 17 (20.0%) 16 (18.8%) 1 (1.2%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)

§85 patients were included in the safety analysis due to the death or loss of patients

All data are presented as No. (%). Percentage values are rounded