Table 1

Joint EORTC-RTOG acute toxicity scoring criteria

Score
Symptoms
Suggested Therapy

0
absence of alterations of the basal state

1
slight dysphagia and/or odynophagia
topic anaesthetic and/or no-narcotic analgesics, light diet
2
moderate dysphagia and/or odynophagia
narcotics analgesics, diet based on purées or liquids
3
severe dysphagia and/or odynophagia with dehydration and weight loss >15%
nasogastric small probe for nutrition, liquid infusion or hyper-caloric diet
4
complete occlusion/obstruction, ulceration, perforation, (fistulae)


European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer and Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (EORTC-RTOG)

Sasso et al. BMC Gastroenterology 2008 8:51   doi:10.1186/1471-230X-8-51