Modified DCF Regimen Efficacious, Safe for Advanced Gastroesophageal Cancers

Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 Jun 16, N Osterweil

CHICAGO (EGMN) - A modified version of the standard docetaxel-cisplatin-5-fluorouracil regimen for metastatic gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma produced a higher overall survival rate and longer time-to-treatment-failure intervals with considerably less toxicity than did the parent regimen in a phase II trial, investigators from a gastric cancer consortium reported.The modified docetaxel-cisplatin-fluorouracil (mDCF) regimen entails lower drug doses that are given more frequently than in the standard...

NOT A MEMBER?

Registration is FREE

  • Up-to-date oncology news
  • Journal article summaries
  • Commentaries and interviews
  • Drug and interactions database
  • Chemotherapy regimens
  • Daily e-newsletters

 

Meet Our Experts

Meet our Advisory and Editorial Boards comprised of physician editors and world-renowned experts.

Editors' Choice

Long-Term Posttransplant Bortezomib Boosts Outcome in Myeloma With del(17p13)

Cancer Type

  • Bladder
  • Bone
  • Breast
  • Breast (ER-Positive)
  • CNS/Brain
  • Colon and Rectum
  • Endocrine System
  • Esophagus
  • GYN (Non-Ovary)
  • GYN (Ovary)
  • Head and Neck
  • Hodgkin's Lymphoma
  • Kidney (Renal Cell)
  • Leukemia
  • Liver and Bile Duct
  • Lung
  • Multiple Myeloma
  • Myelodysplastic Syndrome
  • Myeloproliferative Diseases
  • Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
  • Pancreas
  • Pediatric Cancers
  • Prostate
  • Rare Cancers
  • Skin
  • Soft-Tissue Sarcoma
  • Stomach
  • Testicle
  • Forgot your password?
    Not a member? Free registration