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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2011 Dec 27;132(3):1063–1072. doi: 10.1007/s10549-011-1928-x

Table 2.

Adverse events during therapy in all 54 treated patients.

Adverse Event Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Any Grade
N % N % N % N % N %
Hematologic
Neutropenia 6 11 14 26 11 20 4 7 35 65
Febrile neutropenia 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 4
Anemia 21 39 11 20 2 4 1 2 35 65
Thrombocytopenia 15 28 3 6 1 2 0 0 19 35
Infection 0 0 15 28 4 7 0 0 19 35
Gastrointestinal
Diarrhea 30 56 10 19 3 6 0 0 43 80
Nausea 23 43 16 30 1 2 0 0 40 74
Vomiting 16 30 5 9 4 7 0 0 25 46
Mucositis 20 37 3 6 1 2 0 0 24 44
Constitutional
Fatigue 16 30 19 35 9 17 1 2 45 83
Anorexia 17 31 10 19 1 2 0 0 28 52
Taste disturbance 14 26 10 19 0 0 0 0 24 44
Pain 21 39 11 20 4 7 3 6 39 72
Arthralgia 18 33 6 11 0 0 0 0 24 44
Neurologic
Headache 15 28 4 7 3 6 0 0 22 41
Neuropathy 14 26 11 20 12 22 0 0 37 69
Muscle weakness (Generalized) 9 17 3 6 2 4 0 0 14 26
Dizziness 13 24 3 6 2 4 0 0 18 33
Renal/Metabolic
Creatinine 4 7 3 6 0 0 0 0 7 13
AST 15 28 3 6 0 0 0 0 18 33
ALT 11 20 4 7 0 0 0 0 15 28
Hypocalcemia 13 24 2 4 0 0 1 2 16 30
Hypokaelemia 5 9 0 0 1 2 0 0 6 11
Hyponatremia 13 24 0 0 1 2 0 0 14 26
Proteinuria 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 4
Vascular
Hypertension 6 11 4 7 4 7 0 0 14 26
Thrombosis 0 0 1 2 4 7 2 4 7 13
Epistaxis 29 54 2 4 1 2 0 0 32 59
Skin
Rash 12 22 8 15 0 0 0 0 20 37
Pulmonary
Dyspnea 13 24 3 6 6 11 0 0 22 41