CAPECITABINE AND IRINOTECAN AS FIRST- LINE CHEMOTHERAPY FOR PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER
Objectives: Capecitabine is an oral fluoropyrimidine carbamate that is at least as effective than Fluorouracil / Leucovorin as first- line treatment for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer /CRC/. The topoisomerase I inhibitor Irinotecan has shown consistent efficacy in chemotherapy- naive pat...
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| Language: | English |
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Peytchinski Publishing
2010-11-01
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| Series: | Journal of IMAB |
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| Online Access: | http://www.journal-imab-bg.org/statii-10/vol16_b3_p74-77.pdf |