A case of severe enteritis induced by adjuvant chemotherapy for colon cancer

Japanese Journal of Cancer and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 499-502

  Mukai, Shumpei ^a   Endo, Shungo ^a   Nakahara, Kenta ^a   Takayanagi, Daisuke ^a   Maeda, Chiyo ^a   Takehara, Yusuke ^a   Omoto, Tomokatsu ^a   Wada, Yoko ^a   Kida, Hiroyuki ^a   Hidaka, Eiji ^a   Ishida, Fumio ^a   Tanaka, Jun Ichi ^a   Kudo, Shin Ei ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY NORTHERN YOKOHAMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Enteritis; UFT Leucovorin

Indexed keywords

FOLINIC ACID; TEGAFUR; URACIL; VANCOMYCIN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENTERITIS; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE;

EID: 84903192409     PISSN: 03850684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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