- Patients with abnormal hepatic function will be eligible and will be grouped according to criteria; patients with active hemolysis should be excluded; no distinction should be made between liver dysfunction due to metastases and liver dysfunction due to other causes; this data will be captured in the case report form (CRF); registration laboratory investigations will be used to assign a patient to a hepatic function group; hepatic function tests should be repeated within 24 hours prior to starting initial therapy and may result in patients' group assignment being altered if different to registration test results