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...
Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR, Koto-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital, Takatsuki-shi, Osaka, Japan
National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, Japan
Beijing Cancer Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Sir Run Run Shao hospital, Hanzhou, Zhejiang, China
Liu Tianshu, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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