[Adjuvant chemotherapy with capecitabine for colon cancer - a case series]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2014 Nov;41(12):1752-4.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We examined the treatment condition; adverse events, especially hand-foot syndrome (HFS); and prognosis in 65 patients with colon cancer who received adjuvant chemotherapy with capecitabine. The treatment completion rate was 75.4%; however, only 15.4% of patients completed treatment without dose reduction or treatment interruption. HFS occurred in 78.5% of all cases. The 3-year relapse-free survival rate was 73.8% for all cases, 80.8% for treatment-completed cases, and 51.1% for treatment-discontinued cases; however, there were no differences in relapse-free survival rates for cases that required dose reduction or treatment interruption. We conclude that adjuvant chemotherapy with capecitabine is effective in colon cancer and that completing treatment (even with dose reduction or dose interruption) improves prognosis.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / adverse effects
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / therapeutic use*
  • Capecitabine
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Colonic Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Colonic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Colonic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Deoxycytidine / adverse effects
  • Deoxycytidine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Deoxycytidine / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Fluorouracil / adverse effects
  • Fluorouracil / analogs & derivatives*
  • Fluorouracil / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prognosis
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Deoxycytidine
  • Capecitabine
  • Fluorouracil