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.
Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, Laguna Hills, California, United States
Hsin-Chu Hospital, Hsin-chu, Taiwan
National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
START Midwest, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
UCLA, Santa Monica, California, United States
City of Hope Medical Group, South Pasadena, California, United States
Sarah Cannon Research Institute at HealthOne, Denver, Colorado, United States
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR, Koto-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital, Takatsuki-shi, Osaka, Japan
National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, Japan
Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan
National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, Japan
Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
National Cancer Center Hospital, Chuo Ku, Japan
Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, Japan
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