Table 2. Worst haematologic CTC toxicity grade per patient.

	Cisplatin–gemcitabine		Epirubicin–gemcitabine
Toxicity	No.	%	No.	%	P
Anaemia					ns
1	20	17	18	16
2	77	66	68	60
3/4	20	17	26	23
Leukopenia					<0.01
1	24	21	9	8
2	48	41	31	27
3/4	27	23	68	60
Granulocytopenia					<0.01
1	18	19	10	12
2	22	23	8	10
3/4	31	32	55	65
Thrombocytopenia					ns
1	19	16	35	31
2	22	19	24	21
3/4	66	56	48	42
Transfusions
Red blood cellsa	66	56	61	50	ns
Plateletsa	9	8	11	9	ns
Febrile neutropenia	2	2	13	11	<0.01

^aPatients receiving at least one red blood cell or platelet transfusion.

ns=Not significant.