Table 3 Most frequent toxicities of any grade experienced by patients on this phase II study of erlotinib

From: Phase II study of erlotinib (OSI-774) in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer

All toxicities

n (%) patients

n (%) cycles

Rash/desquamation

34 (90)

88 (79)

Lymphopenia

33 (87)

81 (72)

Diarrhoea

23 (61)

69 (62)

Hyperglycaemia

23 (61)

50 (45)

Fatigue/Lethargy

24 (63)

63 (56)

Haemoglobin

30 (79)

78 (70)

Alkaline phosphatase

24 (63)

52 (46)