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.
Keesler Medical Center - Keesler AFB, Keesler AFB, Mississippi, United States
Vincent T. Lombardi Cancer Research Center, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York, United States
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Los Angeles, California, United States
University of California Davis Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital, Los Angeles, California, United States
Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States
University of California Davis Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Los Angeles, California, United States
University of California Davis Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Hope Cancer Care Center at Longmont United Hospital, Longmont, Colorado, United States
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus, Bronx, New York, United States
San Antonio Cancer Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States
Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
CCOP - Upstate Carolina, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
Sanford Cancer Center at Sanford USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
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