Capecitabine as adjuvant treatment for stage III colon cancer.

C, Twelves; A, Wong; MP, Nowacki; M, Abt; H 3rd, Burris; A, Carrato; J, Cassidy; A, Cervantes; J, Fagerberg; V, Georgoulias; F, Husseini; D, Jodrell; P, Koralewski; H, Kröning; J, Maroun; N, Marschner; J, McKendrick; M, Pawlicki; R, Rosso; J, Schüller; JF, Seitz; B, Stabuc; J, Tujakowski; Hazel G, Van; J, Zaluski; W, Scheithauer

doi:10.1056/nejmoa043116

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Capecitabine as adjuvant treatment for stage III colon cancer.

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Twelves C

Wong A

Nowacki MP

Abstract

Background Intravenous bolus fluorouracil plus leucovorin is the standard adjuvant treatment for colon cancer. The oral fluoropyrimidine capecitabine is an established alternative to bolus fluorouracil plus leucovorin as first-line treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer. We evaluated capecitabin...

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