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J Clin Oncol
August 2015
Ralf-Dieter Hofheinz and Deniz Gencer, University Hospital Mannheim, Mannheim; Holger Schulz, Praxis Internistische Onkologie und Hämatologie, Frechen; Michael Stahl, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Essen; Susanna Hegewisch-Becker, Hämatologisch-Onkologische Praxis Eppendorf, Hamburg; Luisa Mantovani Loeffler, Onkologie, Haematologie und Palliativmedizin, Leipzig; Ursula Kronawitter, Onkologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Traunstein; Georg Bolz, Medizinische Klinik I, Ludwigshafen; Jochem Potenberg, Waldkrankenhaus Spandau, Berlin; Felix Tauchert and Salah-Eddin Al-Batran, Krankenhaus Nordwest, UCT-University Cancer Center, Frankfurt am Main; and Andreas Schneeweiss, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Purpose: Hand-foot syndrome (HFS) is a frequently occurring adverse event associated with anticancer drugs. This study compares a newly introduced ointment containing several antioxidants and exhibiting high radical protection factor, which has been available on the German market since 2011, with urea cream for prevention of HFS in patients treated with capecitabine.
Patients And Methods: Patients with GI tumors or breast cancer treated with capecitabine were included in this randomized phase III study.
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