Table XI.

Toxicity of chemotherapy and chemoimmunotherapy in patients younger and older than 70 years of age^a.

	Patient age
Toxicity of grade ≥3 (%)	<70 years	≥70 years	P-value
Leucopenia	21	27	0.290
Neutropenia	37	46	0.130
Neutropenic fever	8	6	0.520
Nausea	11	12	0.820
Diarrhea	26	30	0.470
Deep vein thrombosis	7	8	0.720
Fatigue	11	10	0.810
Dehydration	9	18	0.020
Weakness	3	11	0.001
Dose reduction	17	13	0.390

^aBased on the results by Jackson et al (17).