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MeSH Heading: Capecitabine
Tree Number(s): D03.383.742.680.245.500.425; D03.383.742.698.875.404.425; D13.570.230.329.313; D13.570.685.245.500.425
Unique ID: D000069287
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000069287
Scope Note: A deoxycytidine derivative and fluorouracil PRODRUG that is used as an ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIMETABOLITE in the treatment of COLON CANCER; BREAST CANCER and GASTRIC CANCER.
Entry Term(s): N(4)-pentyloxycarbonyl-5'-deoxy-5-fluorocytidine; Xeloda
Pharm Action: Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Related Numbers: 154361-50-9
Public MeSH Note: 2016; CAPECITABINE was indexed under DEOXYCYTIDINE and FLUOROURACIL 1998-2015
History Note: 2016 (1998)
Date Established: 2016/01/01
Date of Entry: 2015/07/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analogs & derivatives (AA)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Capecitabine MeSH Descriptor Data 2024