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Table 3 acute toxicities

From: Clinical outcome of elderly patients (≥ 70 years) with esophageal cancer undergoing definitive or neoadjuvant radio(chemo)therapy: a retrospective single center analysis

 

All grades

Grade 3–5

n

%

n

%

non-hematological

 skin

16

29

0

0

 mucositis

23

42

2

4

 dysphagia

52

95

32

58

 nausea

11

20

1

2

 vomiting

4

7

1

2

 diarrhea

5

9

0

0

 weight loss

10

18

0

0

 hoarsness

10

18

0

0

 bleeding

1

2

1

2

 others

7

9

5

9

hematological

 anemia

50

91

3

5

 leucopenia

46

84

18

33

 thrombopenia

36

65

4

7

 infection

20

36

16

29

 renal insufficiency

13

24

0

0