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. 2014 Feb;21(1):35–42. doi: 10.3747/co.21.1855

TABLE IV.

Common hematologic adverse events associated with bendamustine monotherapy in first-line chronic lymphocytic leukemia (cll) and rituximab-refractory indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (inhl)a

Event Occurrence (%) during therapy for
inhl cll


All grades Grade 3 or 4b All grades Grade 3 or 4b
Neutropenia 45 42 27 23
Thrombocytopenia 37 10 23 12
Anemia 36 16 19 2
a

Adapted from Lundbeck Canada1.

b

Criteria: neutropenia, less than 1.0×109/L; thrombocytopenia, less than 50×109/L; anemia, hemoglobin less than 80 g/L21.