• History of severe and unexpected reactions to fluoropyrimidine therapy, • Hypersensitivity to capecitabine or to any of the excipients or fluorouracil, • In patients with known dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency, • During pregnancy and lactation, • In patients with severe leucopenia, neutropenia, or thrombocytopenia, • In patients with severe hepatic impairment, • In patients with severe renal impairment (creatinine clearance below 30 ml/ min), • Treatment with sorivudine or its chemically related analogues, such as brivudine (see section 4.5), • If contraindications exist to any of the agents in the combination regimen, that agent should not be used.