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Table 4 Acute adverse events and grade for concurrent chemotherapy

From: The long-term survival of the doublet regimen of concurrent chemoradiation therapy for locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a retrospective study

Event for acute chemotherapy toxicity

Taxane combined platinum-based concurrent chemoradiotherapy

N = 104

All grades

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 5

Leukopenia

72 (69.2%)

30 (28.8%)

32 (30.8%)

9 (8.7%)

1 (1.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Neutropenia

37 (35.6%)

13 (12.5%)

16 (15.4%)

4 (3.8%)

4 (3.8%)

0 (0.0%)

Anemia

35 (33.7%)

34 (32.7%)

1 (1.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Thrombocytopenia

6 (5.8%)

5 (4.8%)

1 (1.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Hyper creatinine

3 (2.9%)

3 (2.9%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Total bilirubin elevation

17 (16.3%)

12 (11.5%)

5 (4.8%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Conjugated bilirubin concentration elevation

16 (15.4%)

10 (9.6%)

6 (5.8%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Unconjugated bilirubin concentration elevation

16 (15.4%)

11 (10.6%)

5 (4.8%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Hyponatremia

21 (20.2%)

17 (16.4%)

4 (3.8%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Hypochloremia

19 (18.3%)

16 (15.4%)

3 (2.9%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Hypokalemia

19 (18.3%)

15 (14.4%)

3 (2.9%)

1 (1.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Nasopharyngeal wall necrosis

3 (3.5%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (2.4%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (2.4%)

Eye damage

16 (18.8%)

13 (15.3%)

3 (13.5%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Deafness

43 (50.6%)

17 (20%.0)

21 (24.7%)

4 (4.7%)

1 (1.2%)

0 (0.0%)

Trismus

11 (12.9%)

5 (5.9%)

5 (5.9%)

1 (1.2%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Xerostomia

57 (67.1%)

30 (35.3%)

26 (30.6%)

1 (1.2%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Skin damage

29 (34.1%)

23 (27.1%)

6 (7.1%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Dysphagia

15 (17.6%)

13 (15.3%)

2 (2.4%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Temporal-lobe necrosis

17 (20.0%)

16 (18.8%)

1 (1.2%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

  1. §85 patients were included in the safety analysis due to the death or loss of patients
  2. All data are presented as No. (%). Percentage values are rounded