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Oncology

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

5-Fluorouracil;; cancer;; chemotherapy;; colorectal;; cure;; metastatic

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Full-Text Articles in Hematology

Prolonged Survival In Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Following Chemotherapy, D. Paul, M. Gold, N. Nouraddin Jan 2014

Prolonged Survival In Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Following Chemotherapy, D. Paul, M. Gold, N. Nouraddin

Journal Articles

KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: The cost of treating metastatic colorectal cancer has increased significantly after the introduction of targeted antivascular therapies. We report the unusual case of a patient with colorectal cancer with several large liver metastases at diagnosis, who was cured after removal of the primary tumor and treatment with 5-FU/LV only.