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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-4-11
pubmed:abstractText
To clarify the efficacy and problems of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy using oral fluoropyrimidines, the clinicopathological data of 307 colorectal cancer patients treated with or without postoperative chemotherapy were analyzed retrospectively. Patients in the chemotherapy group (n=188) who underwent curative resection were followed by administration of oral fluoropyrimidine. The other 119 patients underwent surgery alone. The disease-free survival rates were compared between the two groups. The disease-free survival rate in the chemotherapy group was significantly higher than that in the surgery alone. However, no significant difference in disease-free survival rate was found for those with tumors that were associated with mesenteric lymph node involvement and tumors with a high grade of lymphatic invasion or high grade of venous invasion. Postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy using oral fluoropyrimidines such as UFT (litegafur +4:uracil) and 5'-DFUR (doxifluridine) might not reduce the risk of recurrence in colorectal cancer with mesenteric lymph nodes involvement.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0020-8868
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
92
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
314-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18402123-Administration, Oral, pubmed-meshheading:18402123-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18402123-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:18402123-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:18402123-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:18402123-Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, pubmed-meshheading:18402123-Colectomy, pubmed-meshheading:18402123-Colorectal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:18402123-Disease-Free Survival, pubmed-meshheading:18402123-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18402123-Floxuridine, pubmed-meshheading:18402123-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18402123-Lymph Node Excision, pubmed-meshheading:18402123-Lymphatic Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:18402123-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18402123-Mesentery, pubmed-meshheading:18402123-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18402123-Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, pubmed-meshheading:18402123-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:18402123-Tegafur, pubmed-meshheading:18402123-Uracil
pubmed:articleTitle
Oral fluoropyrimidines may not reduce the risk of postoperative recurrence in colorectal cancer associated with mesenteric lymph node metastasis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan. yogata@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't