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Adjuvant therapy for resected high-risk colon cancer: Current standards and controversies

This evidence-based review will discuss the current standard of adjuvant chemotherapy for resected high-risk colon cancer and address existing controversies including strategies for risk-stratification, the status of targeted therapy, treatment of the elderly and the optimal duration of therapy.

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Autor principal: Gill, Sharlene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4202614/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25336789
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5851.142032
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spelling pubmed-42026142014-10-21 Adjuvant therapy for resected high-risk colon cancer: Current standards and controversies Gill, Sharlene Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol Comments and Controversies This evidence-based review will discuss the current standard of adjuvant chemotherapy for resected high-risk colon cancer and address existing controversies including strategies for risk-stratification, the status of targeted therapy, treatment of the elderly and the optimal duration of therapy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4202614/ /pubmed/25336789 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5851.142032 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Adjuvant therapy for resected high-risk colon cancer: Current standards and controversies
title Adjuvant therapy for resected high-risk colon cancer: Current standards and controversies
title_full Adjuvant therapy for resected high-risk colon cancer: Current standards and controversies
title_fullStr Adjuvant therapy for resected high-risk colon cancer: Current standards and controversies
title_full_unstemmed Adjuvant therapy for resected high-risk colon cancer: Current standards and controversies
title_short Adjuvant therapy for resected high-risk colon cancer: Current standards and controversies
title_sort adjuvant therapy for resected high-risk colon cancer: current standards and controversies
topic Comments and Controversies
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4202614/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25336789
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