Metastatic colorectal cancer: ESMO clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue , 2014, Pages iii1-iii9

  Van Cutsem, E ^a   Cervantes, A ^b   Nordlinger, B ^c   Arnold, D ^d   The ESMO Guidelines Working Group, ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^d TUMOR BIOLOGY CENTER   (Germany)

^e NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLIBERCEPT; BEVACIZUMAB; CAPECITABINE; CAPECITABINE PLUS OXALIPLATIN; CETUXIMAB; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; FLUOROPYRIMIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IRINOTECAN; OXALIPLATIN; PANITUMUMAB; PLACEBO; REGORAFENIB;

ACNE; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EUROPE; FATIGUE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOGENE K RAS; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); POLYNEUROPATHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SIDE EFFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METASTASIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; STANDARDS;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84911474269     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu260     Document Type: Article

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