Adjuvant Oral Uracil-Tegafur with Leucovorin for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

The high recurrence rate after surgery for colorectal cancer liver metastasis (CLM) remains a crucial problem. The aim of this trial was to evaluate the efficacy of adjuvant therapy with uracil-tegafur and leucovorin (UFT/LV).In the multicenter, open-label, phase III trial, patients undergoing curat...

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Main Authors: Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Akio Saiura, Tadatoshi Takayama, Shinichi Miyagawa, Junji Yamamoto, Masayoshi Ijichi, Masanori Teruya, Fuyo Yoshimi, Seiji Kawasaki, Hiroto Koyama, Masaru Oba, Michiro Takahashi, Nobuyuki Mizunuma, Yutaka Matsuyama, Toshiaki Watanabe, Masatoshi Makuuchi, Norihiro Kokudo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5010179?pdf=render