Efficacy of 5-fluorouracil-based chemotherapy in elderly patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: a pooled analysis of clinical trials.

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Published in Ann Oncol on September 01, 2004

Authors

G Folprecht1, D Cunningham, P Ross, B Glimelius, F Di Costanzo, J Wils, W Scheithauer, P Rougier, E Aranda, H Hecker, C-H Köhne

Author Affiliations

1: University Hospital, Dresden, Germany.

Associated clinical trials:

Low-dose Capecitabine Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Elderly Patients With Stage II/III Colorectal Cancer (LcACEC) | NCT02316535

Study of Postoperative Concurrent Chemo-radiation With Capecitabine in Elderly Rectal Cancer Patients | NCT01268943

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