Conclusion: The study confirms advantages of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy with oral capecitabine for rectal tumours, such as more favourable side effect profile and overall clinical outcome, with increased rate of complete tumour regression
5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-containing chemotherapy regimens on overall survival in patients with gastrointestinal cancers
The benefit associated with EGFR mAb use in Capecitabine is an oral fluoropyrimidine prodrug that is selectively converted within cancer cells to the active drug 5-fluorouracil
Capecitabine and oxaliplatin are as effective as fluorouracil and cisplatin, respectively, in patients with previously untreated esophagogastric cancer
The fluoropyrimidines, namely 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and its oral prodrug, capecitabine, are the third most commonly used chemotherapeutic class for the treatment of solid tumors of glandular and squamous origin, such as head and neck, esophageal, stomach, and bladder
In 2001, a large Phase III randomized trial compared capecitabine with intravenous 5-FU in patients with MCRC
Capecitabine (brand name Xeloda) is a chemotherapy agent that belongs to the drug class of fluoropyrimidines
5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and its oral formulation, capecitabine, are widely used in treating a range of malignancies, either alone or in combination with other antineoplastic drugs
Clinical symptoms recur with repeated exposure and diminish after the drug is discontinued
It belongs to a newer generation of orally administered fluoropyrimidines
They are used as a treatment for several different cancers, including: breast
Capecitabine, an oral prodrug of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), is an orally available fluoropyrimidine analog selectively activated through a three-step enzymatic process
day 1) plus oral capecitabine (1000 mg/m(2) b
The DPYD Background and purpose: Chemoradiation (CRT) with mitomycin-C (MMC) and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) has been shown to be superior to radiation alone in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC)
When given as an intravenous (IV) solution, 5-FU is used in the palliative management of carcinoma of many solid tumors including (but not limited to) colon, rectum, breast, esophagus, cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancers), stomach, and pancreas
After oral administration of 1250 mg/m2, capecitabine is rapidly and extensively absorbe
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Fluorouracil is a fluorinated pyrimidine antimetabolite that inhibits thymidylate synthetase, blocking the methylation of deoxyuridylic acid to thymidylic acid, interfering with DNA, and to a lesser degree Background: Fluorouracil (FU) is an antimetabolite with activity against numerous types of neoplasms, including those of the breast, esophagus, larynx, and gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts
Increased susceptibility to 5‐fluorouracil (5‐FU)/capecitabine can lead to rapidly occurring toxicity caused by impaired clearance, dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency, and other genetic variations in the enzymes that metabolize 5‐FU
Treatment with FU may cause severe or life-threatening side effects and the treatment-related mortality rate is 0
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Efficacy of Capecitabine and 5- Fluorouracil (5-FU) Fluorouracil, capecitabine and tegafur
In addition, several clinical trials have been done with two-agent combined therapy using oxaliplatin or irinotecan with 5-FU/LV
Bevacizumab in combination with oxaliplatin and either fluorouracil plus folinic acid or capecitabine for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (December 2010) Not recommended
Oral capecitabine vs intravenous 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin: integrated efficacy data and novel analyses from two large Coronary artery vasospasm is one of the most commonly reported effects of cancer therapy that can lead to myocardial ischaemia or infarction
1 Currently, patients with colorectal cancer receiving adjuvant treatment have the options of 5-FU or capecitabine as first-line treatment
Capecitabine was developed as a prodrug of FU Each 3-week cycle of ECF/ECX consisted of epirubicin 50 mg/m 2 on day 1, cisplatin 60 mg/m 2 on day 1, and fluorouracil 200 mg/m 2 as continuous intravenous infusion on days 1 to 21
Background Intravenous bolus fluorouracil plus leucovorin is the standard adjuvant treatment for colon cancer
Capecitabine is an oral fluoropyrimidine prodrug that is selectively converted within cancer cells to the active drug 5-fluorouracil
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Capecitabine (Xeloda®: F Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel, Switzerland) is an oral fluoropyrimidine carbamate rationally designed to generate 5-FU preferentially in
Capecitabine (Xeloda; Hoffmann-La Roche Inc
We evaluated capecitabine (an oral fluoropyrimidine) and oxaliplatin (a platinum compound) as alternatives to infused fluorouracil and cisplatin, respectively
Background and purpose: Chemoradiation (CRT) with mitomycin-C (MMC) and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) has been shown to be superior to radiation alone in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC)
This is a genetic predisposition with an established mechanistic basis that
Although 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and capecitabine (the oral prodrug of 5-FU) are generally well tolerated, patients can experience severe toxicities from either drug that can be life-threatening if not treated quickly
Fluorouracil, capecitabine and tegafur
Capecitabine is a prodrug of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and is converted to this active metabolite intracellularly, where it acts by interfering with DNA, RNA and protein synthesis and inhibiting cell division
Increased susceptibility to 5‐fluorouracil (5‐FU)/capecitabine can lead to rapidly occurring toxicity caused by impaired clearance, dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency, and other genetic variations in the enzymes that metabolize 5‐FU
Background: Oxaliplatin-based adjuvant therapy is the standard of care for stage III colon cancer
The body changes capecitabine into a common chemotherapy drug called fluorouracil
3,11-15 A triplet induction regimen with cisplatin, fluorouracil, and a taxane might be more efficacious than cisplatin and fluorouracil (PF)
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[5,12] Fluorouracil has been limited by poor oral absorption and gastrointestinal toxicity, despite of its vital importance in regimens for the treatment of rectal cancer, whereas capecitabine, which is a prodrug of 5-FU, can be orally administered; the final step of its conversion to the active form of 5-FU is performed by thymidine INTRODUCTION
Background: 5-Fluorouracil (FU) is one of the most commonly used cytostatic drugs in the systemic treatment of cancer
Fluorouracil and its prodrug medicines are used to treat various cancers