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...
Yanxia Shi, Guangzhou, None Selected, China
Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea, Republic of
CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of
The Catholic University of Korea, St. Vincent's Hospital, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of
Novartis Investigative Site, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Clinical effect analysis of different regimens of capecitabine in the treatment of patients with advanced colon cancer, Jingjiang, Jiangsu, China
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Zhongshan city Peaple's Hospital, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China
Union Hospital Affiliated with Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
Hebei Medical University Fourth Hospital, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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