| pubmed-article:16351811 | pubmed:abstractText | Postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy is benefit to survival of stage III colon cancer patients. Regimens containing 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) are used as the main therapy, including 5-FU/Lev, Mayo (FU/LV), protracted venous infusion of 5-FU, orally administered fluorouracil (UFT, Xeloda), and so on. 5-FU combined with oxaliplatin may improve therapeutic efficacy; however, further study on therapeutic efficacy of 5-FU combined with irinotecan is needed. The survival benefit of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for stage II colon cancer is controversial now; while postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for high-risk colon cancer patients should be considered. The progression of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy for colon cancer patients was reviewed in the article. | lld:pubmed |
