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Table 4 Toxicities of NACRT and complications of surgery

From: Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for patients with unresectable radically locally advanced colon cancer: a potential improvement to overall survival and decrease to multivisceral resection

 

No. (%)

Myelosuppression

 Grade 0–2

83 (83.0%)

 Grade 3–4

17 (17.0%)

Mucositis/dermatitis

 Grade 0–2

97 (97.0%)

 Grade 3–4

3 (3.0%)

GI toxicities

 Grade 0–2

93 (93.0%)

 Grade 3–4

7 (7.0%)

Intestinal obstruction

 Yes

8 (8.0%)

 No

92 (92.0%)

Postsurgical complications

 Grade 0–2

82 (92.1%)

 Grade 3–4

7 (7.9%)

 Nonresectable surgerya

11

Anastomotic leakage

 Yes

3 (3.2%)

 No

86 (96.8%)

 Nonresectable surgerya

11

  1. Abbreviation: GI Gastrointestinal
  2. aIncludes 7 patients who abandoned surgery and 4 patients who underwent EL