Capecitabine-associated hand-foot-skin reaction is an independent clinical predictor of improved survival in patients with colorectal cancer

Background: Hand-foot-skin reaction (HFSR) is an adverse event frequently observed during treatment with capecitabine (cape). In the present analysis, we sought to evaluate the potential association of HFSR and survival in German patients with metastatic colorectal cancer and locally advanced rectal...

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Main Authors: Hofheinz, Ralf-Dieter (Author) , Gencer, Deniz (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2 October 2012
In: British journal of cancer
Year: 2012, Volume: 107, Issue: 10, Pages: 1678-1683
ISSN:1532-1827
DOI:10.1038/bjc.2012.434
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2012.434
Verlag, Volltext: https://www.nature.com/articles/bjc2012434
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Author Notes:R-D Hofheinz, V Heinemann, LF von Weikersthal, RP Laubender, D Gencer, I Burkholder, A Hochhaus and S Stintzing