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Table 4 Acute toxicity of preoperative chemoradiation

From: Surgical treatment for locally advanced lower third rectal cancer after neoadjuvent chemoradiation with capecitabine: prospective phase II trial

Toxicity

Grade I

Grade II

 

No

(CI)%

No

(CI)%

Anemia

  

4

9.3 (3.0–23.1)

Thrombocytopenia

10

23.3 (12.3–39.0)

  

Leucopenia

10

23.3 (12.3–39.0)

2

4.7 (0.8–17.1)

Hand-Foot syndrome

1

2.3 (0.1–13.8)

  

Radiation dermatitis

8

18.6 (8.9–33.9)

4

9.3 (3.0–23.1)

Nausea and vomiting

3

7.0 (1.8–20.2)

  

Diarrhea

5

11.6 (4.3–25.9)

1

2.3 (0.1–13.8)