Effectiveness of Adjuvant Fluorouracil in Clinical Practice: A Population-Based Cohort Study of Elderly Patients With Stage III Colon Cancer
- 1 October 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Journal of Clinical Oncology
- Vol. 20 (19) , 3992-3998
- https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2002.03.083
Abstract
PURPOSE: Although randomized controlled trials (RCTs) consistently show that adjuvant fluorouracil (5-FU) extends the survival of patients with stage III colon cancer, it is not yet known whether t...Keywords
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