Oral Mucositis, Pain and Xerostomia in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer who Received Chemoradiotherapy with or without Cetuximab

Table 4: Mucositis, Pain and Xerostomia During and after Chemo-RT, in Group A and in Group B

	During RT	After RT
Group A (n=25)	N	%	N	%	p-value^{^*}
Mucositis
Grade ≤2	10	40	19	76	0.003
Grade 3,4	15	60	6	24	0.003
Pain
Mild/moderate	9	36	17	68	0.005
Severe	16	64	8	32	0.005
Xerostomia
Mild/moderate	12	48	17	68	0.03
Severe	13	52	8	32	0.03
	During RT	After RT
Group B (n=24)	N	%	N	%	p-value^{^*}
Mucositis
Grade ≤2	5	20.8	15	62.5	0.002
Grade 3,4	19	79.2	9	37.5	0.002
Pain
Mild/moderate	10	41.7	19	79.2	0.003
Severe	14	58.3	5	20.8	0.003
Xerostomia
Mild/moderate	17	70.8	20	83.3	NS
Severe	7	29.2	4	16.7	NS

^* based on McNemar’s test Weight changes