Palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia associated with capecitabine chemotherapy: a case report

We report a case of a 62 year-old patient who developed Palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia upon receiving four cycles of capacitabine-based chemotherapy. She was on post surgical adjuvant treatment for invasive well differentiated adenocarcinoma of the colon. The clinical and therapeutic aspects of t...

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Autores principales: Kigen, Gabriel, Busakhala, Naftali, Njiru, Evangeline, Chite, Fredrick, Loehrer, Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4607982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26523170
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.21.228.7525
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Sumario:We report a case of a 62 year-old patient who developed Palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia upon receiving four cycles of capacitabine-based chemotherapy. She was on post surgical adjuvant treatment for invasive well differentiated adenocarcinoma of the colon. The clinical and therapeutic aspects of this chemotherapeutic adverse effect are discussed.

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