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    Loss of Fingerprints as a Side Effect of Capecitabine Therapy: Case Report and Literature Review

    Jian Zhao*1, Xia Zhang†1, Xiaonan Cui*, Di Wang*, Bin Zhang*‡, Liying Ban*

    Oncology Research, Vol.28, No.1, pp. 103-106, 2020, DOI:10.3727/096504019X15605078731913

    Abstract Hand–foot syndrome (HFS) is the main side effect of capecitabine and affects the compression zones of the body such as the palms and soles, causing numbness, paresthesias, skin swelling or erythema, scaling, chapping, hard nodule-like blisters, and severe pain. Loss of fingerprints is also observed in some cases. Severe cases of HFS are common in the review of clinical reports. However, loss of fingerprints has not received significant attention. Two reported cases of loss of fingerprints in The New England Journal of Medicine and The BMJ have drawn attention to this side effect of capecitabine. Loss of More >

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