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Table 6 Late toxicity

From: Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) combined with concurrent but not adjuvant chemotherapy in primary nasopharyngeal cancer – a retrospective single center analysis

Late toxicity

All grades (%)

Grade ≥ 3 (%)

hearing loss

10

4

mucosal reaction

14

4

trismus

4

2

loss of taste

29

na

loss of smell

14

na

skin reaction

18

0

dysphagia

12

0

lymph edema

10

0

hoarseness

6

0

dry eye

6

0

other°

20

2

  1. Excluding Xerostomia, scored according to CTCAE 3.0, na : not applicable (maximum score according to CTCAE 3.0: grade II), °: includes one patient (2%) with permanently reduced but stable renal function scored as grade 3 toxicity, some patients developed more than one toxicity.
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Radiation Oncology

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