Adverse Event Profiles of 5-Fluorouracil and Capecitabine: Data Mining of the Public Version of the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System, AERS, and Reproducibility of Clinical Observations

<p><b>Objective:</b> The safety profiles of oral fluoropyrimidines were compared with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) using adverse event reports (AERs) submitted to the Adverse Event Reporting System, AERS, of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).</p><p><b>Methods:<...

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Main Author: Kaori Kadoyama, Ikuya Miki, Takao Tamura, JB Brown, Toshiyuki Sakaeda, Yasushi Okuno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ivyspring International Publisher 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Medical Sciences
Online Access:http://www.medsci.org/v09p0033.htm