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Joint EORTC-RTOG acute toxicity scoring criteria |
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| Score |
Symptoms |
Suggested Therapy |
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| 0 |
absence of alterations of the basal state |
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| 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) |
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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 |
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