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Table 2 Treatment related toxicities

From: Comparison of weekly and triweekly cisplatin regimens during concurrent chemoradiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Toxicities

Weekly

Triweekly

P*

No.

%

No.

%

Hematologic

 Thrombocytopenia

    

0.120

  <G3

86

92.5

221

96.5

 

  ≥G3

7

7.5

8

3.5

 

 Anemia

    

0.147

  <G3

91

97.8

228

99.6

 

  ≥G3

2

2.2

1

0.4

 

 Leucopenia

    

0.208

  <G3

72

77.4

191

83.4

 

  ≥G3

21

22.6

38

16.6

 

Non-hematologic

 Mucosa

    

0.170

  <G3

89

95.7

209

91.3

 

  ≥G3

4

4.3

20

8.7

 

 Skin

    

1.000

  <G3

92

98.9

227

99.1

 

  ≥G3

1

1.1

2

0.9

 

 Nausea-vomiting

    

0.786

  <G3

89

95.7

216

94.3

 

  ≥G3

4

4.3

13

5.7

 

 Creatinine-increased

    

0.289

  <G3

92

98.9

229

100.0

 

  ≥G3

1

1.1

0

0.0

 

 Ototoxicity

    

1.000

  <G3

93

100.0

227

99.1

 

  ≥G3

0

0.0

2

0.9

 
  1. Abbreviations: G grade
  2. *Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test