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Table 5 Toxicities

From: Concurrent chemoradiotherapy with cisplatin + S-1 versus cisplatin + other third-generation agents for locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis of individual participant data

Adverse effect

SP (N = 159)

Non-SP (N = 157)

p-value

All grade

Grade 3–4

All grade

Grade 3–4

Grade 3–4

Leukopenia

148

59

153

103

< 0.001

Neutropenia

139

53

146

97

< 0.001

Thrombocytopenia

108

7

86

8

0.797

Anemia

143

23

150

28

0.447

Febrile neutropenia

11

11

16

16

0.321

AST increased

49

0

46

2

0.246

ALT increased

68

2

70

7

0.102

Creatinine increased

42

1

55

0

1.000

Hyponatremia

91

18

81

11

0.242

Nausea

102

3

118

9

0.084

Vomiting

23

2

34

1

1.000

Anorexia

119

16

128

26

0.099

Diarrhea

47

9

30

2

0.060

Esophagitis

107

7

107

6

1.000

Pneumonitis

35

7

36

9

0.618

Alopecia

9

0

51

0

  1. SP, S-1 + cisplatin; AST, Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, Alanine aminotransferase