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...
The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Second Affiliated Hospital School of Medicine Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Research Site, Oxford, United Kingdom
Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, Beijing, China
Alabama Oncology, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Clearview Cancer Institute, Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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