Erschienen in:
07.01.2016 | Case Report
Capecitabine-Induced Severe Toxicity Secondary to DPD Deficiency and Successful Treatment with Low Dose 5-Fluorouracil
verfasst von:
Saranya Kodali, Venu Bathini, Paul Rava, Eswar Tipirneni
Erschienen in:
Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer
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Ausgabe 1/2017
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Excerpt
Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer and second leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States [
1]. Fluoropyrimidines are the back bones of systemic chemotherapy in colorectal cancer. Currently, two forms of fluoropyrimidines, an intravenous 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and its oral prodrug capecitabine, are widely used in the western world. Nearly 1/3 of patients with colorectal malignancies experience grade 3 or greater toxicities associated with the use of fluoropyrimidines, and treatment-related mortality rate approaches 0.5 % [
2]. …