COMMON side effects
If experienced, these tend to have a Severe expression
- an infection
- low levels of white blood cells
- low levels of a type of white blood cell called neutrophils
- inflammation of the esophagus
If experienced, these tend to have a Less Severe expression
- hair loss
- nausea
- vomiting
- abnormal color of urine
INFREQUENT side effects
If experienced, these tend to have a Severe expression
- cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart muscle
- chronic heart failure
- fibrous hardening of the walls of the veins
- stomach or intestinal ulcer
- redness of skin following radiation therapy
- reactions at the site of the injection
- tissue death
If experienced, these tend to have a Less Severe expression
- increased sensitivity of the skin to the sun
- diarrhea
RARE side effects
If experienced, these tend to have a Severe expression
- dehydration
- significantly decreased activity of the bone marrow
- decreased blood platelets
- a disorder of the peripheral nerves that enable movement called peripheral motor neuropathy
- inflammation of the covering of the heart or pericardium
- abnormal heart electrical signals
- rapid ventricular heartbeat
- ventricular premature beats
- slow heartbeat
- sinus tachycardia, a type of fast heart rate
- left ventricular heart failure
- inflammation of the middle tissue heart muscle
- toxicity to the heart
- obstruction of a blood vessel by a blood clot
- myelodysplastic syndrome, a bone marrow disorder
- coma
- seizures
- erythrodysesthesia or tingling, pain, redness, and edema in the hands and feet
- trouble breathing
- a significant type of allergic reaction called anaphylaxis
- damage to the skin and tissue around the injection site
- tissue death or necrosis in the intestinal colon
- therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia
- radiation recall syndrome
- a high alanine transaminase level
- a high aspartate transaminase level
- tumor lysis syndrome
If experienced, these tend to have a Less Severe expression
- inflammation of the cornea of the eye
- pink eye
- excessive watery eyes
- itching
- discoloration of nail
- skin discoloration
- darkening of the skin
- fever
- chills
- decreased appetite
- weight gain
- generalized weakness
- a feeling of general discomfort called malaise
- intense abdominal pain
- hyperpigmentation of the inside of the mouth
- drug-induced hot flashes
- peripheral sensory nerve disorder