Adjuvant chemotherapy for rectal cancer: time to change the guidelines

Future Oncol. 2016;12(8):1009-13. doi: 10.2217/fon-2015-0042. Epub 2016 Feb 10.

Authors

Shouki Bazarbashi¹, Ali Aljubran¹, Ahmad Alzahrani¹

Affiliation

¹ Section of Medical Oncology, Oncology Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

PMID: 26863297
DOI: 10.2217/fon-2015-0042

No abstract available

Keywords: adjuvant; chemotherapy; rectal cancer.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage
Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
Humans
Meta-Analysis as Topic
Organoplatinum Compounds / administration & dosage
Oxaliplatin
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Rectal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
Remission Induction

Substances

Antineoplastic Agents
Organoplatinum Compounds
Oxaliplatin