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12465390

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-12-5
pubmed:abstractText
The efficacy and safety of preoperative chemotherapy with carmofur (HCFU) for colorectal cancer were evaluated in a randomized controlled study involving 63 institutes in the Kanto area. Patients aged 75 or younger with Dukes' B or C colorectal cancer were eligible if curative surgery was expected. In the end, 326 were eligible from 405 consecutive colorectal cancer patients. Patients in both the control (n = 162) and the new treatment group (n = 164) were given intravenous mitomycin C (MMC) 6 mg/m2 on day 0 and 7 after surgery and HCFU 300 mg/day orally from day 14 for a year. Patients in the new treatment group were also given oral HCFU for 14 days or more prior to surgery. All 326 patients were followed for 5 years or longer. Five-year overall and disease-free survival rates were not significantly different between the two groups (75.4% and 71.6% for the control, and 71.8% and 71.5% for the study group, respectively). In the subset analysis, neither cancer site nor nodal status affected the differences in overall- and disease-free survival rates between the groups. The present findings show no additional efficacy of preoperative chemotherapy with HCFU in survival from advanced colorectal cancer. Further investigations in terms of patient selection, treatment regimen, combined use of radiotherapy, and other factors would be required to determine the significance of preoperative chemotherapy against advanced colorectal cancer.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0385-0684
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1917-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
[Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy with carmofur for colorectal cancer--a multi-institutional randomized controlled study].
pubmed:affiliation
Dept. of Surgery, Tochigi Cancer Center.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, English Abstract, Randomized Controlled Trial, Multicenter Study