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. 2015 Dec 23;18(4):356–364. doi: 10.4048/jbc.2015.18.4.356

Table 5. Summary of adverse events and NCI CTCAE severity grade 3 or higher related to chemotherapy.

Overall
(n=1,712)
No. (%)
Anthracycline
(n=1,353)
No. (%)
Non-anthracycline
(n=359)
No. (%)
Any related AEs 1,326 (77.5) 1,054 (77.9) 272 (75.8)
Most common AEs
 Alopecia 707 (41.3) 554 (40.9) 153 (42.6)
 Nausea 643 (37.6) 552 (40.8) 91 (25.3)
 Neutropenia 457 (26.7) 394 (29.1) 63 (17.5)
 Vomiting 394 (23) 352 (26) 42 (11.7)
 Peripheral sensory neuropathy 219 (12.8) 186 (13.7) 33 (9.2)
NCI CTCAE severity grade 3 or higher 603 (35.2) 482 (35.6) 121 (33.7)
 Neutropenia 342 (20) 292 (21.6) 50 (13.9)
 Vomiting 27 (1.6) 25 (1.8) 2 (0.6)

NCI CTCAE=National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events; AEs=adverse events.