Capecitabine, sold under the brand name Xeloda among others, is a anticancer medication used to treat breast cancer, gastric cancer and colorectal cancer...
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months vs. 25.1 months) compared to the combination of lapatinib and capecitabine. Based on that trial, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved...
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treatment of cancer. Beside 5-FU, widely prescribed oral fluoropyrimidine capecitabine (Xeloda) could put DPD-deficient patients at risk of experiencing severe...
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cabozantinib, cytarabine, doxorubicin, and fluorouracil and its prodrug capecitabine. Targeted cancer therapies, especially the tyrosine kinase inhibitors...
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is a kinase inhibitor indicated in combination with trastuzumab and capecitabine for the treatment of adults with advanced unresectable or metastatic...
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CAPOX (also called XELOX) is a chemotherapy regimen consisting of capecitabine (trade name Xeloda) combined with oxaliplatin. Xelox regime operates in...
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com. Walsh, Sandy. "Press Announcements - FDA approves first generic capecitabine to treat colorectal and breast cancers". www.fda.gov. United States Food...
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Erlotinib Gefitinib Imatinib Vemurafenib Vismodegib Azacitidine Azathioprine Capecitabine Cladribine Clofarabine Cytarabine Decitabine Doxifluridine Fludarabine...
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following an overdose of chemotherapy drugs 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) or capecitabine regardless of the presence of symptoms, or who exhibit early-onset, severe...
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ribonucleotide formyltransferase. The fluoropyrimidines include fluorouracil and capecitabine. Fluorouracil is a nucleobase analogue that is metabolised in cells to...
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lapatinib in combination therapy for breast cancer patients already using capecitabine (Xeloda). In January 2010, Tykerb received accelerated approval for the...
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5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, and irinotecan. The regimen XELIRI consists of capecitabine and irinotecan. It may also be used together with fluorouracil and folinic...
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include capecitabine, fluorouracil, irinotecan, oxaliplatin and UFT. The drugs capecitabine and fluorouracil are interchangeable, with capecitabine being...
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of fluoropyrimidines, a class of drugs that includes 5-fluorouracil, capecitabine, and tegafur. Genetic variations within the DPD gene (DPYD) can lead...
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carboplatin or oxaliplatin) every three weeks with fluorouracil (5-FU) or capecitabine either continuously or every three weeks. In more studies, addition of...
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kill tumours. Some people seem to respond to a combination chemo called capecitabine and temozolomide but there is no report that it totally cured people...
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(leucovorin) and fluorouracil in a combination known as FOLFOX or along with capecitabine in a combination known as CAPOX or XELOX. It also has uses in pancreatic...
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5-fluorouracil, cisplatin, epirubicin, etoposide, docetaxel, oxaliplatin, capecitabine, or irinotecan. The TNM staging system is also used. In a study of open-access...
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orally (e.g. specialty drugs, melphalan (trade name Alkeran), busulfan, capecitabine). University of Pittsburgh Medical Center National Cancer Institute in...
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antimetabolites and are used as anticancer medications, which include: Capecitabine Carmofur (HCFU) Doxifluridine Fluorouracil (5-FU) Tegafur Some metabolites...
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for HIV-1 infection, licensed by Pfizer and ViiV Healthcare. Xeloda (capecitabine), for breast and colorectal cancer. Xenical (orlistat), for obesity....
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symptoms as well, such as thin, brittle hair. The anti-cancer medication capecitabine may cause the loss of fingerprints. Swelling of the fingers, such as...
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limited to the following: 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) 6-Mercaptopurine (6-MP) Capecitabine (Xeloda®) Cytarabine (Ara-C®) Floxuridine Fludarabine Gemcitabine (Gemzar®)...
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anthracyclines (doxorubicin and epirubicin), antimetabolites (fluorouracil, capecitabine, and methotrexate), taxanes (docetaxel and paclitaxel), and platinum-based...
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cantuzumab ravtansine (USAN, INN) Cap-Profen capadenoson (INN) Capastat capecitabine (INN) capeserod (INN) Capital with codeine Capitrol capivasertib (INN)...
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gemcitabine as a single agent, or gemcitabine plus cisplatin, irinotecan, or capecitabine. A small pilot study suggested possible benefit from the tyrosine kinase...
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drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States. Capecitabine tablets, a nucleoside metabolic inhibitor for the treatment of colon...
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(Mercaptopurine# Tioguanine#) Pyrimidine Thymidylate synthase inhibitor (Capecitabine# Carmofur Doxifluridine Floxuridine Fluorouracil# Tegafur (+gimeracil/oteracil))...
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(Mercaptopurine# Tioguanine#) Pyrimidine Thymidylate synthase inhibitor (Capecitabine# Carmofur Doxifluridine Floxuridine Fluorouracil# Tegafur (+gimeracil/oteracil))...
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Fluorouracil L01BC03 Tegafur L01BC04 Carmofur L01BC05 Gemcitabine L01BC06 Capecitabine L01BC07 Azacitidine L01BC08 Decitabine L01BC09 Floxuridine L01BC52 Fluorouracil...
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