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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 5.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2010 Jan 1;116(1):106–114. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24714

Table 4.

Incidence of Adverse Events by Severity (N = 100)

No. of Patients (%)
AE All Grades Grade 3 Grade 4
Hematologic AEs*
 Anemia 94 (94) 7 (7) 3 (3)
 Thrombocytopenia 88 (88) 19 (19) 6 (6)
 Neutropenia 83 (83) 38 (38) 23 (23)
 Febrile neutropenia 6 (6) 5 (5) 1 (1)
Nonhematologic AEs
 Nausea 77 (77) 4 (4) 0
 Infection 69 (69) 15 (15) 6 (6)
 Fatigue 64 (64) 12 (12) 2 (2)
 Diarrhea 42 (42) 5 (5) 0
 Vomiting 40 (40) 2 (2) 0
 Fever 36 (36) 1 (1) 0
 Constipation 31 (31) 0 0
 Anorexia 24 (24) 3 (3) 0
 Headache 21 (21) 0 0
 Stomatitis 21 (21) 0 0
 Infusion reaction 14 (14) 1 (1) 1 (1)

AE indicates adverse event.

*

Severity was determined using National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria (version 3.0.19).

Listed are common nonhematologic AEs that occurred in >20% of patients and all grade 3/4 nonhematologic AEs that occurred in >1 patient.