Do you lose your hair with capecitabine?
When used on its own, capecitabine occasionally causes some temporary hair thinning. It very rarely causes complete hair loss. If capecitabine is taken in combination with another chemotherapy drug, most people will lose all their hair including eyebrows, eyelashes and body hair.
What are the side effects of the medication Xeloda?
Nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, constipation, tiredness, weakness, headache, dizziness, trouble sleeping, or changes in taste may occur. Nausea and vomiting can be severe. In some cases, your doctor may prescribe medication to prevent or relieve nausea and vomiting.
How effective is capecitabine?
Specifically among patients with triple-negative disease, the disease-free survival rate was 69.8% in capecitabine patients and 56.1% in control patients; the HR for recurrence, second cancer, or death in these patients was 0.58 (95% CI, 0.39–0.87).
How long can you be on capecitabine?
Capecitabine may be given on its own, or with other chemotherapy drugs. Chemotherapy is usually given as a course of several cycles of treatment over a few months. The treatment cycle may last 21, 28 or 35 days. This depends on your individual treatment plan.
Does capecitabine shrink tumors?
Capecitabine is taken to shrink tumors and decrease symptoms of colon cancer. If colon cancer is early stage (limited to intestine tissue or surrounding lymph nodes), capecitabine is commonly given with the goal of cure.
How many cycles of capecitabine can you take?
Conclusion: Capecitabine can be safely given beyond a standard 6–8 cycles with acceptable toxicity rates.
It is not surprising, therefore, that capecitabine also is effective in the treatment of colorectal cancer, a type of cancer that is treated frequently with 5-FU. 5-FU inhibits the production by the cancerous cells of both DNA and protein that are necessary for the cells to divide and the cancer to grow in size.
Is capecitabine a good drug to cure colorectal cancer?
Capecitabine is approved to be used alone or with other drugs to treat: Breast cancer that has metastasized (spread to other parts of the body) in patients whose disease has not gotten better with other chemotherapy. Colorectal cancer. It is used to treat stage III colorectal cancer in patients who have had surgery to remove the cancer.
What is capecitabine 500mg?
Capecitabine 500 mg is a cancer drug that prevents the growth of tumor cells and delays their replication.