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Table 6 Adverse events during adjuvant chemotherapy

From: Body weight loss after surgery affects the continuity of adjuvant chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer

BWL < 10%

BWL ≥ 10%

p

N = 21

N = 18

 

(Number: CTCAE Grade 4, 3, 2, 1)

Anemia

 (0, 0, 1, 0)

(0, 0, 2, 0)

 

Leucopenia

 (0, 1, 2, 0)

(0, 1, 3, 0)

 

Neutropenia

 (0, 3, 2, 1)

(1, 1, 1, 0)

 

Thrombopenia

 (0, 0, 1, 0)

(0, 0, 0, 0)

 

Hepatic toxicity

 (0, 1, 3, 2)

(0, 0, 0, 0)

 

Cholangitis

 (0, 0, 4, 0)

(0, 1, 1, 0)

 

Diarrhea

 (0, 1, 1, 2)

(0, 1, 3, 2)

 

Nausea

 (0, 0, 1, 0)

(0, 0, 3, 1)

 

Eczema

 (0, 0, 1, 0)

(0, 0, 1, 1)

 

Heart failure

 (0, 0, 1, 1)

(0, 1, 0, 0)

 

Interstitial pneumonia

 (0, 0, 0, 1)

(0, 0, 0, 0)

 

Others

 (0, 0, 0, 1)

(0, 0, 2, 0)

 

Discontinuation of adjuvant chemotherapy (Y: N)

 2: 19

9: 9

0.011

  1. CTCAE Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
  2. Boldface indicates the statistical significance