Side Effects and Disease-Free Survival with Capecitabine Compared to 5FU for Concurrent Radiochemotherapy of Rectal Cancer: A 5-year Review

Background: Considering the ease of administration of capecitabne instead of infusional 5FU for concurrent  radiochemotherapy (RcT) of rectal cancer, the use of capecitabine has increased significantly in our radiation oncology department in the past years. Thus we decided to compare the safety and...

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Main Authors: Peiman Haddad, Amir Reza Farsiani, Mehdi Dadpour, Hossein Yari, Afsaneh Maddah Safaei, Monir Miraei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2014-01-01
Series:Basic & Clinical Cancer Research
Subjects:
5FU
Online Access:https://bccr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/bccrj/article/view/92