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Table 3 Patient tolerance

From: Chemotherapy with cisplatin and vinorelbine for elderly patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

 

70 to 75 years

> 75 years

  
 

80 mg/m2

90 mg/m2

60 mg/m2

70 mg/m2

Grade ≥ 3

 
 

3

4

3

4

3

4

3

4

n

%

Haematological

          

   Neutrophils

2

3

1

2

-

-

1

-

9

20

   Haemoglobin

2

-

2

-

-

-

1

-

5

11

   Platelets

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

2

Clinical

          

   Alopecia (grade 2)

(3)

(2)

(1)

(2)

8

18

   Fatigue

1

-

2

-

-

-

1

-

4

9

   Nausea and vomiting

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

   Neurosensory

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

2

   Renal

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

   Infection

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

2

Early death

-

2

-

-

2

4

Toxic death

-

1

-

-

1

2

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