- Patients must have adequate bone marrow function as evidenced by ANC >= 1,500 mm3 and platelets >= 100,000 mm3, must have adequate liver function as evidenced by bilirubin <= 1.5 mg/dL and alanine transaminase (ALAT) and aspartate transaminase (ASAT) <= 2.5 times the upper limits of normal (ULN) (unless related to liver metastases in which case <= 5 x ULN),