Table 5.

Plasma Concentrations of 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) in the Patients with and without Severe Acute Leucopenia.

	Severe Acute Leucopenia		No Severe Acute Leucopenia
	N	5-FU, μg/mL	N	5-FU, μg/mL	P
CDDP	21	0.116±0.036	28	0.113±0.033	0.785
NDP	3	0.114±0.053	4	0.109±0.021	0.869
total	24	0.115±0.037	32	0.112±0.031	0.746

CDDP: cisplatin, NDP: nedaplatin. The average of 8 measurements made per patient is listed as the data. There was no difference between the patients with and without severe acute leucopenia, in either group.