Table 2

Maximum severity of adverse events in each 6 patients.

NCI-CTC grade

Case#



#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6

Hematological








Leukopenia
0
0
0
3
0
2

Neutropenia
0
0
1
2
0
2

Anemia
1
1
1
2
1
0

Thrombocytopenia
0
0
0
0
0
0
Gastrointestinal








Appetite loss
1
1
1
2
1
0

Diarrhea
0
1
3
3
3
3

Nausea/vomiting
1
1
0
2
1
0

Abdominal pain
1
1
1
3
1
2

Grade 3 diarrhea occurred at day 18 (#3), 25 (#4), 21 (#5), and 19 (#6)

Case #4 had bowel fistula which required surgical intervention.

Yasui et al. World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2006 4:83   doi:10.1186/1477-7819-4-83