Secondary hepatic resection as a therapeutic goal in advanced colorectal cancer

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 31, 2009, Pages 3855-3864

  Saif, Muhammad Wasif ^a  

^a YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bevacizumab; Cetuximab; Colorectal cancer; Hepatotoxicity; Liver metastases; Liver resection

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB; CAMPTOTHECIN; CETUXIMAB; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLFOXIRI PROTOCOL; FOLINIC ACID; IRINOTECAN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OXALIPLATIN; PLATINUM COMPLEX;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CAMPTOTHECIN; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; LEUCOVORIN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; ORGANOPLATINUM COMPOUNDS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350493821     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.3855     Document Type: Review

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