Chemoradiotherapy as Definitive Treatment for Elderly Patients with Head and Neck Cancer

Table 2

Acute hematological and nonhematological toxicities according to CTCAE version 3.0; Fisher exact test (2-sided).

Acute CTC-grade 3+ toxicities
	(%)			(%)			(%)
	Age < 65	Age ≥ 65	p value	Age < 70	Age ≥ 70	p value	Age < 75	Age ≥ 75	value
Leucocytopenia	26	12	0.043	25	6	0.017	22	6	0.196
Anaemia	9	3	0.331	8	3	0.461	8	0	0.605
Thrombocytopenia	9	3	0.331	8	3	0.461	7	6	1
Dermatitis	15	17	0.822	16	15	1	17	6	0.471
Dysphagia	52	62	0.247	54	64	0.331	55	63	0.607
Mucositis	47	48	1	47	49	1	48	44	0.798
Pain	21	21	1	22	18	0.811	22	13	0.526