Oxaliplatin is a platinum-based chemotherapy drug in the same family as cisplatin and carboplatin. Compared to cisplatin the two amine groups are replaced by diamino cyclohexane (DACH) group to provide a greater antitumor effect. However, this leads to poorer water solubility, which was compensated by the addition of the chloride moieties. Due to this chemic...
Oxaliplatin, in combination with infusional fluorouracil and leucovorin, is indicated for the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer and adjuvant treatment of stage III colon cancer in patients who have undergone complete resection of the primary tumor.
Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital, Vienna (Wien), Austria
Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels (Bruxelles), Belgium
Southwest Oncology Group, San Antonio, Texas, United States
University of Texas, Houston, Texas, United States
Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, London, England, United Kingdom
Cookridge Hospital, Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Clinical Trials and Research Unit of the University of Leeds, Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Hematology Oncology Associates of Illinois - Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Emory University Hospital - Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
New Mexico Oncology Hematology Consultants, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Innovative clinical research institute/American institute of research, Whittier, California, United States
Nh Oncology Hematology, Pa, Hooksett, New Hampshire, United States
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States
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