Table 1 Joint EORTC-RTOG acute toxicity scoring criteria
From: Scintigraphic evaluation of oesophageal transit during radiotherapy to the mediastinum
Score | Symptoms | Suggested Therapy |
|---|---|---|
0 | absence of alterations of the basal state | Â |
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) | Â |