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.
Mercy Medical Center - Sioux City, Sioux City, Iowa, United States
Siouxland Hematology-Oncology Associates, LLP, Sioux City, Iowa, United States
Avera Cancer Institute, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States
Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center - Seattle, Seattle, Washington, United States
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center - NCI Clinical Studies Support, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Mount Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Frankston Hospital, Frankston, Victoria, Australia
Cancer Institute Medical Group, Santa Monica, California, United States
ACRC/Arizona Clinical Research Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, Maryland, United States
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