Capecitabine

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Capecitabine
TermCapecitabine
Short definitionCapecitabine - (pronounced) (ka-peh-SY-tuh-been) A medicine used alone or with other medicines to treat certain types of colon cancer, breast cancer, cancer of the esophagus, cancer of the gastroesophageal junction, cancer of the stomach and cancer of the pancreas. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. 
TypeCancer terms
SpecialtyOncology
LanguageEnglish
SourceNCI
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Capecitabine - (pronounced) (ka-peh-SY-tuh-been) A medicine used alone or with other medicines to treat certain types of colon cancer, breast cancer, cancer of the esophagus, cancer of the gastroesophageal junction, cancer of the stomach and cancer of the pancreas. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Capecitabine is taken up by cancer cells and breaks down into fluorouracil, a substance that kills cancer cells. Capecitabine is a type of antimetabolite. Also called Xeloda

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