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Table 3 Hematologic toxicities

From: Comparison of neoadjuvant chemoradiation with carboplatin/ paclitaxel or cisplatin/ 5-fluoruracil in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus

Hematologic toxicities

Intention to treat

Per protocol

Carb/TAX n = 20

CDDP/5FU n = 31

p-value

Carb/TAX n = 18

CDDP/5FU n = 26

p-value

 ≥ III°

4 (20%)

18 (58%)

0.010

3 (17%)

15 (58%)

0.012

Leukopenia

  

0.065

  

0.048

 0°

2 (10%)

3 (10%)

 

2 (11%)

2 (8%)

 

 I°

4 (20%)

4 (13%)

 

3 (17%)

4 (15%)

 

 II°

10 (50%)

6 (19%)

 

10 (56%)

5 (19%)

 

 III°

4 (20%)

15 (48%)

 

3 (17%)

13 (50%)

 

 IV°

0 (0%)

3 (10%)

 

0 (0%)

2 (8%)

 

Thrombocytopenia

  

0.654

  

0.364

 0°

15 (75%)

18 (58%)

 

14 (78%)

14 (54%)

 

 I°

2 (10%)

6 (19%)

 

2 (11%)

6 (23%)

 

 II°

2 (10%)

2 (6%)

 

2 (11%)

2 (8%)

 

 III°

1 (5%)

4 (13%)

 

0 (0%)

3 (12%)

 

 IV°

0 (0%)

1 (3%)

 

0 (0%)

1 (4%)

 

Anemia

  

0.184

  

0.479

 0°

3 (15%)

0 (0%)

 

2 (11%)

0 (0%)

 

 I°

10 (50%)

19 (61%)

 

10 (56%)

16 (62%)

 

 II°

6 (30%)

9 (29%)

 

5 (28%)

7 (27%)

 

 III°

1 (5%)

3 (10%)

 

1 (6%)

3 (12%)

 
  1. Bold numbers indicate statistical significance with p <0.05