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.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary
Churchill Hospital, Oxford, England, United Kingdom
New Approaches to Brain Tumor Therapy Consortium, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Cancer and Leukemia Group B, Chicago, Illinois, United States
North Central Cancer Treatment Group, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Decatur Memorial Hospital Cancer Care Institute, Decatur, Illinois, United States
Evanston Northwestern Health Care, Evanston, Illinois, United States
Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, London, England, United Kingdom
NYU School of Medicine's Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
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