Abstract
PURPOSE: We assessed the impact of hepatic dysfunction on the safety and pharmacology of gemcitabine/capecitabine in patients with advanced pancreatico-biliary cancer. METHODS: We included 12 patients receiving 3 weekly gemcitabine 1,000 mg/m(2) day 1, 8 and oral capecitabine 650 mg/m(2) b.i.d. over 2 weeks until disease progression or intolerable toxicity. Patients were included into one normal hepatic function cohort [total bilirubin (TB) 80 mumol/L). Three patients with a creatinine clearance
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 113-124 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology |
Volume | 73 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |