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Hope for patients with advanced bowel cancer

anaemia and increased risk of infection, but on balance, the benefits appear to outweigh the side effects. 5-FU is given by intravenous drip and research is underway to find other easier means of delivery.

Bowel cancer affects nearly 150,000 people in the USA and around 35,000 people in the UK each year. It can arise in any part of the colon or rectum and is a leading cause of death.

"This trial should be fully mature in about six months. At that point we will know more about the impact of the oxaliplatin, 5-FU and leucovorin combination on the survival of patients with recurrent colorectal cancer," said Dr Rothenberg.


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Contact: Gracemarie Bricalli
gracemarie@esmo.org
0041-91-973-1911
European Society for Medical Oncology
21-Oct-2002


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