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Current questions in the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer: the CAIRO studies of the Dutch Colorectal Cancer Group

  • Lieke Simkens
  • , Jolien Tol
  • , Miriam Koopman
  • , Linda Mol
  • , Ninja Antonini
  • , Hans van Krieken
  • , Cornelis Punt

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Abstract

The outcome of patients with advanced colorectal cancer has significantly improved in the past decade because of the development of new treatment strategies. The Dutch Colorectal Cancer Group (DCCG) is a national multidisciplinary clinical research group in The Netherlands. The 3 CAIRO studies of the DCCG address clinically relevant questions in patients with advanced colorectal cancer: the benefit of combination versus sequential therapy, targeting vascular endothelial growth factor and epidermal growth factor receptor, and the role of maintenance therapy. This article presents the outline of these studies and summarizes the current results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)105-9
Number of pages5
JournalClinical colorectal cancer
Volume7
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008

Keywords

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
  • Bevacizumab
  • Capecitabine
  • Cetuximab
  • Colorectal Neoplasms
  • Deoxycytidine
  • Disease Progression
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Fluorouracil
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Netherlands
  • Organoplatinum Compounds
  • Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor
  • Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
  • Journal Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

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