Skip to main content

Table 6 Most frequent grade 3 to 4 toxicities of peri-operative chemotherapy

From: Peri-operative chemotherapy for the treatment of resectable liver metastases from colorectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials

 

Nordlinger

Lorenz

Portier

Langer

Kemeny

Rudroff

Lygidakis

Wagman

Assessable patients (n =)

115*

73

81

n.r.

30

n.r.

20

11

Gastrointestinal toxicity

       

+

Diarrhea

6

10

7

n.r.

1

n.r.

-

 

Stomatitis

-

35

6

n.r.

-

n.r.

1

 

Nausea/Vomiting

8

25

6

n.r.

5

n.r.

2

 

Hepatic

6

7

-

n.r.

8

n.r.

-

 

Hematologic toxicity

  

6

    

+

Leucopenia

14

-

-

n.r.

2

n.r.

-

 

Neutropenia

40

-

-

n.r.

-

n.r.

3

 

Thrombopenia

8

-

-

n.r.

1

n.r.

-

 

Neurologic toxicity

       

+

Sensory neuropathy

11

-

2

n.r.

-

n.r.

-

 

Fever

      

19

 

Treatment-related death

0.

8

0

n.r

0

n.r.

0

2

  1. Abbreviations:
  2. * only the toxicity of post-operative chemotherapy is reported here
  3. + in this trial only general information about toxicity is provided
  4. n.r. not reported