Table 4 –
Grade 5 adverse events
| Treatment arm | Patient | Category | Term | Relationship to treatment |
Days from start of treatment |
Days from end ofM treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RT + paclitaxel + trastuzumab | A | Gastrointestinal | Colonic perforation | Possibly | 53 | 10 |
| RT + paclitaxel | B | Pulmonary/upper respiratory | Aspiration | Unrelated | 31 | 2 |
| C | Death | Sudden death | Unrelated | 47 | 4 |
CTCAE = Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events; RT = radiotherapy.
Adverse events were graded with CTCAE version 3.0.