Oxaliplatin-based combined-modality therapy for rectal cancer.
There are two conventional treatments for clinically resectable rectal cancer. The first is surgery, and, if the tumor is T3 and/or N1-2, this is followed by postoperative combined-modality therapy. The second, for patients with ultrasound T3 or clinical T4 disease, is preoperative combined-modality therapy followed by surgery and postoperative chemotherapy. In this review, the results of these approaches as well as novel combined-modality approaches using oxaliplatin-based regimens will be presented.[1]References
- Oxaliplatin-based combined-modality therapy for rectal cancer. Minsky, B.D. Semin. Oncol. (2003) [Pubmed]
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