Capecitabine in the treatment of esophageal and gastric cancers

Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1645-1657

  Popa, Elizabeta C ^a   Shah, Manish A ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

5 fluorouracil; Adjuvant; Capecitabine; Esophageal; Gastric; Metastatic; Radiation

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; IRINOTECAN; OXALIPLATIN; PANITUMUMAB; PAZOPANIB; TEGAFUR; TRASTUZUMAB; TUMOR MARKER; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FOOT; HAND; HAND FOOT SYNDROME; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; METASTASIS; METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIDE EFFECT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; STOMATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DEOXYCYTIDINE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84887636777     PISSN: 13543784     EISSN: 17447658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/13543784.2013.842974     Document Type: Article

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