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.
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States
Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea, Republic of
CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of
The Catholic University of Korea, St. Vincent's Hospital, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of
Institut du Cancer d'Avignon, Avignon, France
CHU Jean Minjoz, Besançon, France
Centre Hospitalier de Cholet, Cholet, France
National Cancer Center Hospital East (003), Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
Chiba University Hospital (015), Chiba, Japan
Chiba Cancer Center (011), Chiba, Japan
Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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