Stage II and stage III colon cancer: Treatment advances and future directions

Cancer Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 202-209

  Rousseau, Benoît ^a   Chibaudel, Benoist ^a   Bachet, Jean Baptiste ^a   Larsen, Annette K ^b   Tournigand, Christophe ^a,b   Louvet, Christophe ^a,b   André, Thierry ^a,b,c   De Gramont, Aimery ^a,b,c,d  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

Adjuvant chemotherapy; Biomarkers; Colon cancer; Elderly; Phases III; Stage II; Stage III

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAPECITABINE; CETUXIMAB; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FLUOROPYRIMIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IRINOTECAN; OXALIPLATIN; PANITUMUMAB; TEGAFUR; URACIL; VASCULOTROPIN;

CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TARGETING; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77953624228     PISSN: 15289117     EISSN: 1540336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PPO.0b013e3181ddc5bf     Document Type: Review

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