East Region Formulary
NHS Scotland

Formulary Decisions

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Capecitabine
Xeloda
Routinely available
Local application
01/09/2006

Indication

Pre-operative chemoradiation in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer requiring down staging prior to definitive resection or in patients with good performance status and low volume metastatic disease requiring durable palliation for unresectable rectal cancer

Pre-operative chemoradiation in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer requiring down staging prior to definitive resection or in patients with good performance status and low volume metastatic disease requiring durable palliation for unresectable rectal cancer

Therapeutic Area

Malignant disease and immunosuppression

Status Description

Routinely available

Formulation

-

Comments

September 2006 - Added to the Additional List, for Specialist Use only. Categorised RED under the ADTC ‘Policy for the use of unlicensed (and off-label use) Medicines in NHS Lothian’.