Feasibility of oxaliplatin, leucovorin, and 5-fluorouracil (FOLFOX-4) chemotherapy in heavily pretreated patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer

Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-47

  Lee, Hee Jun ^a   Kim, Hee Seung ^a   Park, Noh Hyun ^a   Chung, Hyun Hoon ^a   Kim, Jae Weon ^a   Song, Yong Sang ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fluorouracil; Leucovorin; Ovarian neoplasms; Oxaliplatin

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; OXALIPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOXICITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; OVARY CARCINOMA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; RECURRENT CANCER; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

EID: 84879079933     PISSN: 15982998     EISSN: 20059256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4143/crt.2013.45.1.40     Document Type: Article

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