Chemotherapy: Optimizing irinotecan regimens for colorectal cancer

Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2009 Oct;6(10):560-1. doi: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2009.140.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • News

MeSH terms

  • Alleles
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / therapeutic use*
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
  • Camptothecin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Camptothecin / therapeutic use
  • Cetuximab
  • Clinical Trials, Phase II as Topic
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / mortality
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Diarrhea / chemically induced
  • Disease Progression
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Drug Therapy / methods*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Fluorouracil / therapeutic use
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gene Frequency
  • Glucuronosyltransferase / genetics
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Irinotecan
  • Leucovorin
  • Neutropenia / chemically induced
  • Organoplatinum Compounds / therapeutic use
  • Oxaliplatin
  • Polymorphism, Genetic
  • Quality of Life
  • Survival Analysis
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Organoplatinum Compounds
  • Oxaliplatin
  • Irinotecan
  • UGT1A1 enzyme
  • Glucuronosyltransferase
  • Cetuximab
  • Leucovorin
  • Fluorouracil
  • Camptothecin

Supplementary concepts

  • IFL protocol