Clinical activity and benefit of irinotecan (CPT-11) in patients with colorectal cancer truly resistant to 5-fluorouracil (5-FU).

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Published in Eur J Cancer on January 01, 1999

Authors

E Van Cutsem1, D Cunningham, W W Ten Bokkel Huinink, C J Punt, C G Alexopoulos, L Dirix, M Symann, G H Blijham, P Cholet, G Fillet, C Van Groeningen, J M Vannetzel, F Levi, G Panagos, C Unger, J Wils, C Cote, C Blanc, P Hérait, H Bleiberg

Author Affiliations

1: University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Department of Internal Medicine, Leuven, Belgium. eric.vancutsem@uz.kuleuven.ac.be

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