The Mayo Clinic and the North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) conducted a randomized clinical trial comparing five different combination chemotherapeutic regimens to single-agent 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), given by intravenous bolus technique (500 mg/m2 for 5 days) as a control, in the treatment
Overview of clinical trials using 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin for the treatment of colorectal cancer
β Scribed by Susan G. Arbuck
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 949 KB
- Volume
- 63
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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