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Table 4 Acute toxicity as registered during the treatment

From: Three weekly versus weekly concurrent cisplatin: safety propensity score analysis on 166 head and neck cancer patients

Acute toxicity

1 W-CDDP (N.114)

3 W-CDDP (N.52)

χ2

Entire series

Whole hematol tox

0.285

 

 G0

9 (7.9%)

1 (1.9%)

 

10 (6%)

 G1–G2

84 (73.7%)

39 (75%)

 

123 (74%)

 G3–G4

21 (18.4%)

12 (23.1%)

 

33 (20%)

Anemia

0.37

 

 G0

11 (9.6%)

6 (11.5%)

 

17 (10.2%)

 G1–G2

102 (89.5%)

44 (84.6%)

 

146 (88%)

 G3–G4

1 (0.9%)

2 (3.8%)

 

3 (1.8%)

Leucopenia

0.524

 

 G0

16 (14%)

7 (13.5%)

 

23 (14%)

 G1–G2

80 (70.2%)

33 (63.5%)

 

113 (68%)

 G3–G4

18 (15.8%)

12 (23.1%)

 

30 (18%)

Thrombocytopenia

0.01

 

 G0

26 (22.8%)

24 (46.2%)

 

50 (30%)

 G1–G2

85 (74.6%)

27 (51.9%)

 

112 (67.5%)

 G3–G4

3 (2.6%)

1 (1.9%)

 

4 (2.5%)

Kidney injury

0.111

 

 G0

89 (78.1%)

46 (88.5%)

 

135 (81.4%)

 G1–G2

25 (21.9%)

6 (11.5%)

 

31 (18.6%)

 G3–G4

    

Mucositis

0.637

 

 G0

2 (1.8%)

 

2 (1.2%)

 G1–G2

72 (63.2%)

36 (69.2%)

 

108 (65%)

 G3–G4

39 (34.2%)

16 (30.8%)

 

55 (33.2%)

 ND

1 (0.9%)

 

1 (0.6%)

Dermatitis

0.067

 

 G0

4 (3.5%)

 

4 (2.5%)

 G1–G2

88 (77.2%)

48 (92.3%)

 

136 (81.9%)

 G3–G4

14 (12.6%)

4 (7.7%)

 

18 (10.8%)

 ND

8 (7%)

 

8 (4.8%)

Xerostomia

0.009

 

 G0

29 (25.4%)

9 (17.3%)

 

38 (22.9%)

 G1–G2

68 (59.6%)

43 (82.7%)

 

111 (66.9%)

 G3–G4

4 (3.5%)

 

4 (2.4%)

 ND

13 (11.4%)

 

13 (7.8%)

Dysphagia

0.312

 

 G0

18 (15.8%)

5 (9.6%)

 

23 (13.8%)

 G1–G2

72 (63.2%)

39 (75%)

 

111 (66.9%)

 G3–G4

24 (21.1%)

8 (15.4%)

 

32 (19.3%)

  1. 1w-CDDP weekly Cisplatin, 3w-CDDP three-weekly Cisplatin, Nd not declared