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.
CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium, Omaha, Nebraska, United States
CCOP - Sioux Community Cancer Consortium, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
University of Chicago Cancer Research Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
CCOP - Carle Cancer Center, Urbana, Illinois, United States
CCOP - Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota, United States
CentraCare Clinic, Saint Cloud, Minnesota, United States
NYU School of Medicine's Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Christie Hospital N.H.S. Trust, Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Baptist-South Miami Regional Cancer Program, Miami, Florida, United States
University of California Davis Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States
Ingalls Cancer Care Center at Ingalls Memorial Hospital, Harvey, Illinois, United States
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