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...
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
CHU de Liège, Liège, Belgium
GZA Ziekenhuizen - Campus Sint-Augustinus, Wilrijk, Belgium
Vejle Sygehus ( Site 1183), Vejle, Syddanmark, Denmark
Isala, locatie Zwolle ( Site 1525), Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
Unidade Local de Saude de Santa Maria - Hospital de Santa Maria ( Site 1661), Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Sun yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
The Fourth Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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