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. 2017 Aug 24;117(9):1269–1277. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2017.289

Table 3. Grade ⩾3 adverse events occurred in the study population.

  All sample N=508
All grade >3 adverse events  
 Neutropenia 145 (28.5)
 Grade ⩾2 neurological toxicity 131 (25.8)
 Diarrhoea 33 (6.5)
 Asthenia 16 (3.1)
 Nausea 14 (2.8)
 Vomiting 11 (2.2)
 Leukopenia 11 (2.2)
 Thrombocytopenia 6 (1.2)
 Hepatic toxicity 6 (1.2)
 Mucositis 4 (0.8)
 Stomatitis 2 (0.4)
 Anaemia 2 (0.4)
 Skin toxicity 1 (0.2)
First grade ⩾3 FAEs occurred 194 (38.2)
 Neutropenia 130 (67.0)
 Diarrhoea 25 (12.9)
 Leukopenia 10 (5.2)
 Asthenia 8 (4.1)
 Nausea 8 (4.1)
 Thrombocytopenia 4 (2.1)
 Mucositis 4 (2.1)
 Vomiting 3 (1.6)
 Stomatitis 1 (0.5)
 Skin toxicity 1 (0.5)

Abbreviations: FAEs: fluoropyrimidine-related adverse events.