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Table 4 Toxicities

From: Prospective study of daily low-dose nedaplatin and continuous 5-fluorouracil infusion combined with radiation for the treatment of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

 

Grade

 

Toxicity

0

1

2

3

4

Grade ≥3

(%)

~Early toxicity~

      

Leukopenia

0

1

7

21

4

75.8

Thrombocytopenia

1

13

11

8

0

24.2

Anemia

3

15

12

2

1

9.1

Renal dysfunction

32

1

0

0

0

0

Transaminase

33

0

0

0

0

0

Esophagitis

1

11

9

12

0

36.4

Nausea/Vomiting

17

11

5

0

0

0

Mucositis

23

5

3

2

0

6.1

~Late Toxicity~

      

Pericarditis

24

6

1

1

1

6.1

Pneumonitis

11

21

0

0

0

0

Pleuritis

24

8

0

1

0

3.0

Esophageal stricture

27

0

1

5

0

15.2

Bone fracture

32

0

1

0

0

0