• Anticancer research · Oct 2011

    Oxaliplatin scale and National Cancer Institute-Common Toxicity Criteria in the assessment of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy.

    • Anna-Liisa Kautio, Maija Haanpää, Hannu Kautiainen, Arto Leminen, Eija Kalso, and Tiina Saarto.
    • Department of Oncology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, P.O. Box 180, 00029 HUS, Helsinki, Finland.
    • Anticancer Res. 2011 Oct 1; 31 (10): 3493-6.

    AimThe aim of the study was to compare two different neurotoxicity scales in grading chemotherapy-induced neurotoxicity.Patients And MethodsThe study sample consisted of 114 cancer patients who started chemotherapy with vinca alcaloids, platinum derivatives or taxanes. Neurotoxicity was evaluated with the National Cancer Institute-Common Toxicity Criteria (NCI-CTC) and oxaliplatin scales at baseline and after every third chemotherapy cycle thereafter.ResultsNeuropathy was detected in 60%, 55% and 75% at the second, third and fourth visits, respectively, with the NCI-CTC sensory scale and 59%, 55% and 80% with the oxalipalatin scale. Of the patients with grade 3-4 toxicity on the oxaliplatin scale, 23/53 had grade 1, 18/53 had grade 2 and 12/53 had grade 3 neurotoxicity on the NCI-CTC sensory scale.ConclusionThe oxaliplatin and NCI-CTC sensory scales were comparable in identifying chemotherapy-induced neuropathy, but the oxaliplatin scale more often detected the progression of the symptoms.

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