The efficacy and safety of CapeOX plus bevacizumab therapy followed by capecitabine plus bevacizumab maintenance therapy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: a multi-center, single-arm, phase II study (CCOG-0902)

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of CapeOX plus bevacizumab with a planned oxaliplatin stop-and-go strategy in Japanese patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Methods Patients with untreated mCRC were treated with 4 cycles of CapeOX plus b...

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Main Authors: Goro Nakayama, Kiyoshi Ishigure, Hiroyuki Yokoyama, Keisuke Uehara, Hiroshi Kojima, Akiharu Ishiyama, Naomi Hayashi, Nao Takano, Norifumi Hattori, Daisuke Kobayashi, Chie Tanaka, Masamichi Hayashi, Mitsuro Kanda, Suguru Yamada, Hiroyuki Sugimoto, Masahiko Koike, Michitaka Fujiwara, Tsutomu Fujii, Kenta Murotani, Yuichi Ando, Yasuhiro Kodera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-017-3245-1