Table 2. Grade 3 and 4 adverse events in the gemcitabine group (n=57).

	Gemcitabine
	Grade 3 a		Grade 4 a
Adverse event	No.	%	No.	%
Heamatological
Leukopenia	13	23	1	2
Neutropenia	32	56	8	14
Anaemia	2	4	0	0
Thrombocytopenia	1	2	0	0
Non-heamatological
Diarrhoea	1	2	0	0
Fever	1	2	0	0
Nausea	0	0	1	2
Anorexia	1	2	1	2
Fatigue	1	2	0	0
AST	3	5	0	0
ALT	4	7	0	0
Abscess	0	0	1	2

Abbreviations: ALT=alanine aminotransferase; AST=aspartate aminotransferase.

^aNCI Common Toxicity Criteria, version 2.0.