Uracil-tegafur/leucovorin and mitomycin C salvage therapy in patients with advanced colorectal cancer: A phase II study

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 207-211

  Francois, Eric ^a   Smith, Denis ^b   Dahan, Laetitia ^c   Michel, Cecile ^a   Perrier, Hervé ^d   Mari, Véronique ^a   Seitz, Jean François ^c   Follana, Philippe ^a   Evesque, Ludovic ^a   Chamorey, Emmanuel ^a  

^a CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL SAINT JOSEPH   (France)

Author keywords

Advanced colorectal cancer; Mitomycin C; Salvage; Third line chemotherapy; UFT

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CETUXIMAB; FLUOROPYRIMIDINE; FOLINIC ACID; IRINOTECAN; MITOMYCIN C; OXALIPLATIN; UFT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUTROPENIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; STOMATITIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANOREXIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ASTHENIA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUCOVORIN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; NEOPLASM GRADING; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEGAFUR; TUMOR BURDEN; URACIL;

EID: 84866248992     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: 19739478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1973947812Y.0000000021     Document Type: Article

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