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Guidance on the use of capecitabine and tegafur with uracil for metastatic colorectal cancer

  • Technology appraisal guidance
  • Reference number: TA61
  • Published:  27 May 2003
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  • Overview
  • 1 Recommendations
  • 2 Clinical need and practice
  • 3 The technology
  • 4 Evidence and interpretation
  • 5 Further research
  • 6 Implications for the NHS
  • 7 Implementation and audit
  • 8 Appraisal committee members
  • 9 Sources of evidence considered by the committee
  • 10 Detail on criteria for audit of the use of capecitabine and tegafur with uracil for metastatic colorectal cancer
  • Update information

Update information

Minor changes since publication

June 2018: The recommendations were updated because tegafur with uracil is no longer available.

March 2014: Implementation section updated to clarify that capecitabine and tegafur with uracil are recommended as options for treating metastatic colorectal cancer. Additional minor maintenance update also carried out.

ISBN: 978-1-4731-3038-8


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