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What adjuvant therapy do you recommend for stage III colon cancer patients unable to tolerate 5FU regardless of modality/dose reduction?

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Medical Oncology · Dartmouth Cancer Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

There is no high-quality evidence to support adjuvant chemotherapy for colorectal cancer with a non-fluoropyrimidine regimen. For patients at high risk for colon cancer recurrence, effort should be taken to find a dose or mode of fluoropyrimidine administration that is feasible. For instance, bolus ...

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