Skip to main content

Table 2 Quantitative analysis of PROs in toxicity

From: Patients’ perspectives on palliative chemotherapy of colorectal and non - colorectal cancer: a prospective study in a chemotherapy- experienced population

Grade of PRO in toxicity

Entity

 

CRC

Non-CRC

u-GI

NSCLC

SCCHN

Stomatitis

n= 57

n= 75

n=45

n=18

n=12

None

35.1%

61.3%

66.7%

66.7%

33.4%

Grade 1/2

54.4%

32.0%

31.1%

27.8%

41.6%

Grade 3/4

10.5%

6.7%

2.2%

5.5%

25.0%

Nausea

n=54

n=70

n=44

n=14

n=12

None

44.4%

21.4%

18.2%

21.5%

33.4%

Grade 1/2

50.0%

68.6%

72.8%

71.4%

50.0%

Grade 3/4

5.6%

10.0%

9.0%

7.1%

16.6%

Emesis

n=54

n=74

n=42

n=18

n=13

None

81.4%

75.7%

76.2%

72.3%

77.0%

Grade 1/2

16.7%

24.3%

23.8%

27.7%

23.0%

Grade 3/4

1.9%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Diarrhea

n=56

n=74

n=44

n=17

n=13

None

35.7%

62.1%

54.6%

76.5%

69.3%

Grade 1/2

50.0%

33.8%

38.6%

23.5%

30.7%

Grade 3/4

14.3%

4.1%

6.8%

0.0%

0.0%

Fatigue

n=57

n=76

n=45

n=18

n=13

None

7.0%

6.6%

6.7%

5.6%

7.7%

Grade 1/2

87.7%

81.6%

75.6%

94.4%

84.6%

Grade 3/4

5.3%

11.8%

17.7%

0.0%

7.7%

Sens . Neu .

n=55

n=74

n=44

n=17

n=13

None

40.0%

36.5%

31.9%

41.2%

46.1%

Grade 1/2

65.4%

56.7%

59.1%

58.8%

46.1%

Grade 3/4

3.6%

6.8%

9.0%

0.0%

7.8%

Skin toxicity

n=58

n=75

n=45

n=17

n=13

None

57.0%

64.0%

73.4%

64.8%

30.8%

Grade 1/2

27.5%

25.4%

24.4%

11.7%

46.1%

Grade 3/4

15.5%

10.6%

2.2%

23.5%

23.0%

Alopecia

n=56

n=73

n=45

n=16

n=12

None

33.9%

24.6%

26.7%

18.75%

25.0%

Grade1

53.6%

56.2%

60.0%

50.0%

50.0%

Grade 2

12.5%

19.2%

13.3%

31.25%

25.0%

  1. Sens. Neu. = Sensory Neuropathy.