Table 4.

Number of blood samples and days between the first day of each chemotherapeutic course and the day of mid-course blood collection.

Intra-cycle days		Course 1	Course 2	Course 3	Course 4	Course 5	Course 6
Group A	Number of samples	11	12	9	4	4	0
Epo	Median (days)	16	15	14	18	14	–
	Inter-quartile range	15–20	14–18	12–15	15–25	13–15	–
Group A	Number of samples	11	12	7	5	5	0
Hb	Median (days)	16	14	15	15	14	–
	Inter-quartile dash;20	13–18	14–15	15–24	12–16	–
Group B	Number of samples	9	8	4	4	6	6
Epo	Median (days)	17	18	18	16	17	16
	Inter-quartile range	17–19	16–19	17–24	13–17	17–19	14–17
Group B	Number of samples	7	8	7	7	6	5
Hb	Median (days)	17	18	17	17	16	15
	Inter-quartile range	17–19	14–19	15–19	14–18	14–18	14–18