We report two cases of ileitis in two patients affected by locally advanced rectal cancer treated with preoperative RCT and concomitant capecitabine. A review of the literature shows only one other case of this rare capecitabine-related side effect during pelvic irradiation.

Two cases of capecitabine-induced ileitis in patients treated with radiochemotherapy to the pelvis and review of the literature / Nicosia, L.; Russo, I.; De Sanctis, V.; Minniti, G.; Valeriani, M.; Osti, M. F.. - In: JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER. - ISSN 1941-6628. - 49:4(2018), pp. 538-542. [10.1007/s12029-017-9955-4]

Two cases of capecitabine-induced ileitis in patients treated with radiochemotherapy to the pelvis and review of the literature

Minniti G.;Osti M. F.
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2018

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We report two cases of ileitis in two patients affected by locally advanced rectal cancer treated with preoperative RCT and concomitant capecitabine. A review of the literature shows only one other case of this rare capecitabine-related side effect during pelvic irradiation.
2018
colorectal cancer; antineoplastic antimetabolite; capecitabine; pelvic
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Two cases of capecitabine-induced ileitis in patients treated with radiochemotherapy to the pelvis and review of the literature / Nicosia, L.; Russo, I.; De Sanctis, V.; Minniti, G.; Valeriani, M.; Osti, M. F.. - In: JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER. - ISSN 1941-6628. - 49:4(2018), pp. 538-542. [10.1007/s12029-017-9955-4]
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