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Capecitabine is used to treat certain types of cancer (such as breast, colon, rectal, stomach, esophageal, pancreatic cancer)
Capecitabine and radiotherapy
January 30, 2010
The ORR was 8% in 38 evaluable patients, with an additional 32% of patients achieving stable disease
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speaking a s someone who is probably going to be on xeloda soon, I would like to hear some Long term ratings: 3
Dosing for previously treated Dukes’ C colon cancer
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Because anastrozole had not been effective, fulvestrant (500 mg) and low-dose capecitabine (500 mg) were administered for the first 21 days of a 28-day cycle; this regimen had been shown by a phase 2 trial to be effective and tolerable in patients with metastatic breast cancer
The prodrug capecitabine (Xeloda) has been an important drug for treatment for gastrointestinal cancer (GI-cancer)
5 hours (T max) with peak 5-FU levels occurring slightly later, at 2 hours
It works
It is a treatment for: bowel cancer (colorectal cancer) cancer of the food pipe (oesophagus) stomach cancer
For example, diarrhea is the most common side effect of Xeloda
Introduction: In 2020, colorectal cancer will be the fourth most frequently diagnosed malignant neoplasm and the second leading cause of site-specific, cancer-related deaths in the USA
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It is a wonderful drug that is taken by mouth, not IV, so the chemo lab is not in the picture
Antimetabolites are very similar to normal substances within the cell
weakness in the arm or leg on one side of the body, sudden and severe
Fluorouracil is further metabolized to two active metabolites, 5-fluoro-2-deoxyuridine monophosphate (FdUMP) and 5-fluorouridine triphosphate (FUTP), within normal and tumour cells
it keeps my liver & bone mets stable, and (b) I can continue to tolerate it