Table 4 Acute and chronic radiotherapy-related toxicities according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.03)
| Â | CTCAE grade | Â | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acute | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Dermatitis | 15 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dysphagia | 37 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nausea and emesis | 37 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mucositis | 19 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Xerostomia | 19 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hoarseness | 37 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dyspnea | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dysgeusia | 24 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pain | 24 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chronic | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Pain | 21 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lymph edema | 27 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dysgeusia | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Xerostomia | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dysphagia | 20 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Fistula | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carotid blowout | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Osteoradionecrosis | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Myelopathy | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |