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Table 3 Worst degree of hematological toxicity by radiotherapy (% of patients)

From: Compliance and toxicity of adjuvant CMF in elderly breast cancer patients: a single-center experience

Type of toxicity

No (n = 114)

Yes (n = 66)

P*

 

0

1

2

3

4

0

1

2

3

4

 

Anemia

87

6

4

3

0

77

12

9

0

1.5

0.12

Leukopenia

58

15

22

3

3

36

11

23

20

11

0.0001

Neutropenia

82

8

6

2

2

50

12

11

17

11

<0.0001

Febrile Neutropenia

100

0

0

0

0

95

0

0

5

0

0.05

Infection

96

0

2

2

0

95

0

2

3

0

0.89

Fever

100

0

0

0

0

94

6

0

0

0

0.02

Thrombocytopenia

90

6

2

1

1

91

4.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

0.96

Bleeding

99

0

0

1

0

98

2

0

0

0

1.00

  1. * Wilcoxon-Mann Whitney test