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[Progression of adjuvant chemotherapy for colon cancer]
You-Jian He1, Qiu-Mei Dong, Yu-Hong Li
1State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, P. R. China. Heyoujian2002@163.com
Abstract:
Postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy is benefit to survival of stage III colon cancer patients. Regimens containing 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) are used as the main therapy, including 5-FU/Lev, Mayo (FU/LV), protracted venous infusion of 5-FU, orally administered fluorouracil (UFT, Xeloda), and so on. 5-FU combined with oxaliplatin may improve therapeutic efficacy; however, further study on therapeutic efficacy of 5-FU combined with irinotecan is needed. The survival benefit of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for stage II colon cancer is controversial now; while postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for high-risk colon cancer patients should be considered. The progression of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for colon cancer patients was reviewed in the article.
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