Table 2. Percentages of toxicity of the docetaxel, cisplatin, tegafur/uracil, and leucovorin regimen.

	Patients (n=45)				Cycles (n=271)
	Grade		Grade		Grade		Grade
Toxicity	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4
Haematological
Neutropenia	4a	11	33	18	11b	13	17	6
Leukopenia	7	31	24	9	17	16	10	1
Thrombocytopenia	18	9	2	2	21	2	0.4	0.4
Febrile neutropeniac	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
Anaemia	2	58	22	0	4	27	5	0
Gastrointestinal
Nausea	31	22	7	0	19	6	1	0
Vomiting	22	29	4	0	12	7	1	0
Diarrhoea	22	33	13	2	16	14	3	0
Stomatitis	13	22	7	0	5	11	4	0
Anorexia	24	24	4	0	18	6	8	0
Weight loss	20	16	2	0	10	6	0.4	0
Neurosensory	7	2	0	0	10	1	0	0
Others
Hand and foot syndrome	4	4	0	0	3	5	0	0
Fever	16	7	0	0	6	1	0	0
Infections	11	16	20	0	5	5	7	0
Alopecia	36	9	0	0	31	5	0	0

^aAll numbers are percentages of the 45 patients.

^bAll numbers are percentages of the 271 cycles given.

^cFebrile neutropenia was defined as fever of unknown origin without clinically or microbiologically documented infection with absolute neutrophil count <1.0 × 10⁹/l and fever ⩾38.5°C, according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events 3.0.