Table 2 Acute toxicity within six weeks from palliative radiotherapy for oesophageal cancer
All patients n (%) | Short-course radiotherapy 4 Gy × 5 n (%) | Long-course radiotherapy 3 Gy × 10–13 n (%) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oesophagitis | 51 (44.4) | 23 (35.4) | 28 (56.0) | 0.027 |
Oesophagitis grade ≥ 3 | 7 (6.1) | 1 (1.5) | 6 (12.0) | 0.042 |
Nausea/Emesis | 30 (26.1) | 12 (18.5) | 18 (36.0) | 0.034 |
Nausea/Emesis grade ≥ 3 | 1 (0.9) | 1 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1.000 |
Fatigue | 38 (33.0) | 19 (29.2) | 19 (38.0) | 0.322 |
Fatigue grade ≥ 3 | 2 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (4.0) | 0.187 |
Oesophageal pain requiring opiates | 23(21.1) | 10 (16.4) | 13 (27.1) | 0.175 |
Other* | 19 (16.5) | 10 (15.4) | 9 (18.0) | 0.708 |