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. 2019 Apr 3;13:921. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2019.921

Table 4. Summary of chemotherapy tolerability. Bracketed figures are percentage values.

Regimen Number SD chemotherapy commenced Dose reductions Six cycles SD received Three cycles of intended dose chemotherapy received 2 week+ delays ≥grade 3 toxicity Deaths
Total Patients 87 61 (70) 28 (32) 26 (30) 54 (62) 15 (17) 20 (23) 4 (5)
Anthracyclines 25 21 (84) 4 (16) 9 (36) 16 (64) 3 (12) 7 (28) 2 (8)
Capecitabine 31 20 (65) 18 (58) 9 (29) 20 (64.5) 7 (23) 9 (29) 1 (3)
Taxanes 21 10 (48) 4 (19) 3 (14) 13 (62) 3 (14) 2 (10) 1 (4)
Others 10 10 (100) 2 (29) 5 (50) 5 (50) 2 (20) 2 (29) 0 (0)