Colon Cancer

Studies in the area of colon cancer reported from A. Puthillath and co-researchers

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 29th, 2008

"Primary tumor resection in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer is considered highly controversial. Historical data suggest a low risk of primary tumor-related complications in patients treated with first-line 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) chemotherapy," researchers in the United States report.

"However, there are very limited data on the safety and efficacy of first-line combination chemotherapy in this unresected-primary population, especially in the setting of rectal cancer. We per-formed a single-institution retrospective study to evaluate the primary tumor-related complication rate and outcome of patients with unresected metastatic colorectal cancer treated with...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-01-29)

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