Table 5. Reasons for chemotherapy discontinuation.

	Cisplatin–gemcitabine		Epirubicin –gemcitabine
Reason for discontinuation	No.	%	No.	%
Progressive disease	18	15	24	20
Toxicity	21	18	27	22
Death due to toxicity	1	1	2	2
Unrelated death	2	2	3	3
Patient's request	7	6	5	4
Other	12	10	11	9
Total discontinuations	61	51	72	60