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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Breast Cancer. 2013 Oct 26;14(3):205–211. doi: 10.1016/j.clbc.2013.10.018

Table 4. Comparison of toxicities among studies of q3-week and q2-week TC.

Completed Grade ≥2 Rash Grade ≥2 Neuropathy Febrile Neutropenia
Study Na n % n % n % cycle 1 GCSF n %
q3 week TC
Jones et al.13 506 469 92.7% NRb NR NR NR NR 25 4.9%
Takabatake et al.16 53 50 94.3% 11 20.8% 2 3.8% no 15 28.3%
Soong et al.25 12 NR NR NR NR NR NR no 6 50.0%
Chan et al.24 159 140 88.1% NR NR NR NR no
yes
8/32
8/127
25%
6%
q2 week TC
This study 41 37 90.2% 11 26.8% 6 14.6% yes 1 2.4%
a

N a total sample size

b

NR, not reported