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

Table 4 Severe acute toxicity

Severe acute side effects grade ≥ 3	n	%
non-hematological
dysphagia
including proph. PFT	28	57
excluding proph. PFT	10	32
stomatitis	8	16
nausea	4	8
weight loss	3	6
nephropathy	1	2
hematological
leucopenia	12	24
infection (including FUO)	8	16
thrombopenia	1	2
anemia	1	2

(≥ grade III) n: number of patients,%: percentage, proph.: prophylactical, PFT: percutaneous feeding tube, FUO: fever of unknown origin, some patients developed more than one toxicity.

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