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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