Postsurgical sequential methotrexate, fluorouracil, and leucovorin for advanced colorectal carcinoma: A preliminary study

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-50

  Tokunaga, Yukihiko ^a,b   Hata, Koichiro ^a   Nishitai, Ryota ^a   Kaganoi, Junichi ^a   Nanbu, Hirokazu ^a   Ohsumi, Kiyosi ^a  

^a Maizuru Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; MTX 5 FU; Surgery

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; MITOMYCIN C; TEGAFUR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; LEUCOVORIN; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MITOMYCIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TEGAFUR; URACIL;

EID: 0030880989     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199709)66:1<45::AID-JSO9>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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