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.
Centre Regional Francois Baclesse, Caen, France
Centre Eugene Marquis, Rennes, France
Centre Antoine Lacassagne, Nice, France
Research Site, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States
Physicians East - Quadrangle, Greenville, North Carolina, United States
Northwestern Connecticut Oncology-Hematology Associates, Torrington, Connecticut, United States
Jackson Oncology Associates, PLLC, Jackson, Mississippi, United States
ImClone Investigational Site, Richmond, Virginia, United States
National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Lutheran General Cancer Care Center, Park Ridge, Illinois, United States
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Cancer Institute of New Jersey at UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
CCOP - Columbia River Program, Portland, Oregon, United States
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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