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Table 2 Summary of toxicities

From: Modern treatment outcomes for early T-stage oropharyngeal cancer treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy at a tertiary care institution

 

Radiotherapy group (n = 39)

Chemoradiation group (n = 159)

Toxicity

Grade 1–2

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 5

Grade 1–2

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 5

Dysphagia

26 (67%)

4 (10%)

0

0

99 (62%)

52 (33%)

0

0

Neutropenia

0

0

0

0

64 (40%)

34 (21%)

6 (4%)

0

Febrile neutropenia

0

0

0

0

0

14 (9%)

0

0

Ototoxicity

1 (3%)

  

0

46 (29%)

34 (21%)

2 (1%)

0

Acute kidney injury

0

0

0

0

0

10 (6%)

0

0

  1. Data are presented as numbers (%). Grading is consistent with Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5.0