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. 2012 Mar 22;12:107. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-107

Table 2.

The most common adverse events (AEs) during sunitinib therapy in the entire analyzed group of GIST patients

Any grade Grade 3/4
AEs n % N %

Any treatment-related AE 127 92.7 43 31.4

Fatigue 89 65 12 8.7

Diarrhea 37 28 4 2.9

Hand-foot syndrome 55 40 3 2.2

Decreased appetite/dysgeusia 25 18.2 0 0

Mucositis 35 25.5 2 1.5

Hypertension 59 43 4 2.9

Neutropenia 49 36 7 5.1

Anemia 51 37 8 5.8

Skin/hair discoloration 41 30 0 0

Dyspepsia 43 31.4 0 0

Thrombocytopenia 18 13.1 3 2.2

Hypothyroidism 42 31 2 1.5