Risk associated with renal toxicity and hyponatremia in patients with esophageal cancer receiving chemoradiotherapy, including 5-fluorouracil and platinum

The purpose of this study was to analyze the risk factors for renal toxicity and hyponatremia after primary chemoradiotherapy (CRT), including 5-fluorouracil and platinum in 87 (78 male, 9 female; median age 63.5 years) patients with esophageal cancer, and to prepare a risk classes. The rate of renal toxicity and hyponatremia were 12.6%, 87.4%, respectively. At multivariate analysis, risk factors for renal toxicity were baseline nausea/vomiting and serum creatinine, and for hyponatremia were baseline sodium and C-reactive protein (P<0.05). The toxicity index (TI) consisted of risk factors and regression coefficient. We were stratified patients into three groups according to TI that was calculated for each patient. The group with high value was found to include patients with renal toxicity and hyponatremia with a significantly higher frequency than the group with low value (renal toxicity; 3.4% vs 46.2%, hyponatremia; 2.1% vs 80.0%, P<0.001). This risk classes could be useful to identify patients at high risk for CRT-induced renal toxicity and hyponatremia. (author)