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Table 2 Acute toxic effects (n = 112)

From: Comparison of the clinical efficacy between single-agent and dual-agent concurrent chemoradiotherapy in the treatment of unresectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a multicenter retrospective analysis

Toxic effect

All grades

Grade 3 and 4

Single-agent(n = 76)

Two-agent (n = 36)

Single-agent(n = 76)

Two-agent (n = 36)

No (%)

No (%)

No (%)

No (%)

Neutropenia

49(64.5)

30(83.3)

26(34.2)

19(52.7%)

Thrombocytopenia

12(15.8)

9(25.0)

5(6.6)

4(11.1)

Anemia

36(47.4)

25(69.4)

1(1.3)

2(5.6)

Nausea/vomiting

14(18.4)

11(30.1)

1(1.3)

1(2.8)

Esophagitis

51(67.1)

28(77.8)

6(7.9)

3(8.3)

Pneumonitis

7(9.2)

5(13.9)

0(0)

0(0)

Liver function

15(19.7)

10(27.8)

0(0)

1(2.8)