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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J R Stat Soc Ser C Appl Stat. 2016 Jun 11;66(1):201–224. doi: 10.1111/rssc.12162

Table 1.

Definitions of overall toxicity severity levels by grades of individual toxicities. Overall toxicity is scored as the maximum individual severity level. Grades are defined using NCI criteria.

Overall Toxicity Severity Level (YT)

Mild Moderate High Severe

Fatigue Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4
Nausea Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3
Neuropathy Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade ≥ 3
Hyperglycemia Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4
Rash Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4
Diarrhea Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4
Stomatitis Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4
Pneumonitis Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4
Febrile neutropenia Grade 3 Grade 4
Other Non-hematologic Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4
Hyperlipidemia Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4
Anemia Grade 3 Grade 4
Thrombocytopenia Grade 2 Grade 3
Neutropenia Grade 3 Grade 4
AST/ALT Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4
Blindness Grade 4
Myocardioal Infarction Grade 4
Stroke Grade 4
Regimen-Related Death Grade 5