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Systemic Chemotherapy in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most lethal cancers. These patients often have multiple symptoms, and integrated supportive care is critical in helping them remain well for as long as possible.
Hee Seung Lee, Seung Woo Park
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Phase II trial of preoperative radiochemotherapy with concurrent bevacizumab, capecitabine and oxaliplatin in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer [PDF]
Background: Preoperative radiochemotherapy (RCT) with 5-FU or capecitabine is the standard of care for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). Preoperative RCT achieves pathological complete response rates (pCR) of 10-15%.
Arnold, Dirk +9 more
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Importance Sorafenib is the first-line treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein invasion; however, it has shown unsatisfactory survival benefit. Sorafenib plus hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) of oxaliplatin, fluorouracil, and
M. He +16 more
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Intestinal alkaline phosphatase activity as a molecular marker of enterotoxicity induced by single dose of 5-fluorouracil and protective role of orally administered glutamine [PDF]
Background. One of the critical limitations for the administration of the chemotherapy is the toxicity affecting normal tissue. The main target organs for 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) toxicity in humans and experimental animals are the gastrointestinal tract ...
Bajin-Katić Katica +3 more
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Cyclophosphamide (CYP), methotrexate (MTX), and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) are extensively utilized in the therapeutic management of various malignancies. It is noteworthy, however, that potential chemotherapy-related complications include the occurrence of ...
Ahmad H. Alhowail, Maha A. Aldubayan
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Gemcitabine: Progress in the treatment of pancreatic cancer [PDF]
Unresectable pancreatic cancer has a dismal prognosis with a median survival of 3-5 months in untreated disease. Since the introduction of gemcitabine, pancreatic cancer may no longer be regarded a chemotherapy-resistant tumor.
Heinemann, Volker
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Anti epidermal growth factor receptor therapy in small bowel adenocarcinoma [PDF]
Rationale:Small bowel adenocarcinoma (SBA) is an uncommon gastrointestinal cancer, thus limited data about treatment for advanced disease are available.
Anselmi, Elisabetta +4 more
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Inflammation is considered one of the possible mechanisms behind long-term cognitive dysfunction persistent after chemotherapy treatment. The chemotherapy combination of cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and fluorouracil (CMF) was one of the older methods ...
Christa Corley +4 more
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Factors influencing choice of chemotherapy in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) [PDF]
Management of metastatic colorectal cancer requires a multimodal approach and must be performed by an experienced, multidisciplinary expert team. The optimal choice of the individual treatment modality, according to disease localization and extent, tumor
BASSO, ENRICO +15 more
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Purpose: To compare the acute toxicities, pathologic response, surgical margins, downstaging, local control, disease-free survival (DFS), and overall survival (OS) in locally advanced rectal cancer patients with preoperative radiotherapy (RT) with either
Adnan Yoney, Levent Isikli
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