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During a live event, Fengting Yan, MD, PhD, discussed safety outcomes from the TROPION-Breast01 and supportive care for ...
A study led by clinician-scientists and researchers at the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) has found that the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) plays a critical role in the progression of ...
Colorectal cancer highlights from ASCO 2025 include findings from the BREAKWATER, ATOMIC, DYNAMIC-III, and TRIPLETE trials.
Several chemotherapeutic agents interact with warfarin. 78–84 Two fluoropyrimidines in particular have been widely reported to interact with warfarin: fluorouracil and capecitabine. 78,80 Fluorouracil ...
Objective Neratinib plus capecitabine (Ner+Cap) were proved to be clinically beneficial as a third-line treatment for women with human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) positive metastatic ...
Capecitabine is an orally administered prodrug of 5-FU. The direct mechanism of action of capecitabine leading to vasoconstriction is not well-documented in the literature . However, the role of its ...
On Jan. 24, the FDA issued a warning about the enzyme deficiency in which it urged health care providers to “inform patients prior to treatment” about the risks of taking 5-FU and capecitabine. On ...
Around 300,000 people are treated with 5-FU or capecitabine in the United States each year, but its toxicity could well have prevented FDA approval were it up for approval today. Short of withdrawing ...
Background: Preoperative mFOLFIRINOX is a treatment option for patients (pts) with resectable/borderline resectable (R/BR) pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).Methods: CASSANDRA (NCT04793932) is a ...