Colorectal Cancer

Dietary patterns as identified by factor analysis and colorectal cancer among middle-aged Americans
BACKGROUND: Although diet has long been suspected as an etiological factor for colorectal cancer, studies of single foods and nutrients have provided inconsistent results

Minneapolis, MN 55454
USA
Long-term survival after colon cancer surgery: a variation associated with choice of anesthesia
BACKGROUND: A previously published clinical trial of epidural-supplemented versus general anesthesia, Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study No. 345, showed no difference in 30-day mortality and morbidity rates between the two treatments.

Portland, OR 97229
USA
The long-term results of a randomized clinical trial of laparoscopy-assisted versus open surgery for
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare the long-term outcome of laparoscopy-assisted colectomy (LAC) and open colectomy (OC) for nonmetastatic colon cancer.

Barcelona, Spain
Spain
Weekly irinotecan plus protracted venous fluorouracil infusion (WI-FI) in advanced colorectal cancer
BACKGROUND: Irinotecan (IRI) is a topoisomerase I inhibitor active as first- or second-line chemotherapy in advanced colorectal cancer (ACRC).

Torino, Italy
Italy
Combined chemotherapy of hydroxycampothecin with oxaliplatin as an adjuvant treatment for human colo
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality for cancer worldwide, but many patients with CRC are resistant to chemotherapy.

Redwood City, CA
USA
Directed evolution generates a novel oncolytic virus for the treatment of colon cancer
BACKGROUND: Viral-mediated oncolysis is a novel cancer therapeutic approach with the potential to be more effective and less toxic than current therapies due to the agents selective growth and amplification in tumor cells.


USA
Synergy between cetuximab and chemotherapy in tumors of the gastrointestinal tract
Cetuximab is a recently approved monoclonal antibody that targets the epidermal growth factor receptor, a receptor tyrosine kinase involved in the development and progression of colorectal cancer (CRC) and other solid tumors.
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Boca Raton, FL 33428
USA
Palliative chemotherapy in elderly patients with common metastatic malignancies: A Hellenic Cooperat
INTRODUCTION: Cancer in the elderly is a common health issue in developed societies.

Ioannina, Greece
Greece
Clinical results of intraoperative radiation therapy for patients with locally recurrent and advance
BACKGROUND: Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) may be useful in the treatment of patients who have a locally advanced primary and recurrent abdominopelvic neoplasm with colorectal involvement.

Cleveland, OH
USA
Dose and schedule study of panitumumab monotherapy in patients with advanced solid malignancies
PURPOSE: This phase 1 study evaluated the safety, pharmacokinetics, and activity of panitumumab, a fully human, IgG2 monoclonal antibody that targets the epidermal growth factor receptor in patients with previously treated epidermal growth factor receptor-expressing advanced solid tumors.

Washington, DC
USA