Capecitabine is an orally-administered chemotherapeutic agent used in the treatment of metastatic breast and colorectal cancers. Capecitabine is a prodrug, that is enzymatically converted to fluorouracil (antimetabolite) in the tumor, where it inhibits DNA synthesis and slows growth of tumor tissue.
Capecitabine is indicated as treatment for a variety of cancer types. For colorectal cancer, capecitabine is indicated as a single agent or a component of a combination chemotherapy regiment for the adjuvant treatment of stage III colon cancer and treatment unresectable or metastatic colorectal cancer. It can also be used as a part of a combination chemother...
Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Nanjing Tianyinshan Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Xuewei Ding, Tianjin, Tianjin, China
Sir Run Run Shao hospital, Hanzhou, Zhejiang, China
Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, Rhöne, France
Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, Val De Marne, France
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States
Nanfang Hospital Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
UCLA University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Bureau for Cancer Research, New York, New York, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
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