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    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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    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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    cabozantinib, cytarabine, doxorubicin, and fluorouracil and its prodrug capecitabine. Targeted cancer therapies, especially the tyrosine kinase inhibitors...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    antimetabolites and are used as anticancer medications, which include: Capecitabine Carmofur (HCFU) Doxifluridine Fluorouracil (5-FU) Tegafur Some metabolites...
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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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    184 randomly received physician's choice of chemotherapy (eribulin, capecitabine, gemcitabine, nab paclitaxel, or paclitaxel). The results showed improvement...
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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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    treatment with docetaxel. Docetaxel is also used in combination with capecitabine, a DNA synthesis inhibitor. Docetaxel is a cytotoxic chemotherapeutic...
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    anthracyclines (doxorubicin and epirubicin), antimetabolites (fluorouracil, capecitabine, and methotrexate), taxanes (docetaxel and paclitaxel), and platinum-based...
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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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    include capecitabine, fluorouracil, irinotecan, oxaliplatin and UFT. The drugs capecitabine and fluorouracil are interchangeable, with capecitabine being...
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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 may also be effective against...
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    used, such as doxorubicin with streptozocin and fluorouracil (5-FU) and capecitabine with temozolomide.[citation needed] Although marginally effective in...
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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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    (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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    (Mercaptopurine# Tioguanine#) Pyrimidine Thymidylate synthase inhibitor (Capecitabine# Carmofur Doxifluridine Floxuridine Fluorouracil# Tegafur (+gimeracil/oteracil))...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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