Oxaliplatin | Cancer information - Cancer Research UK
Oxaliplatin is one of a group of drugs called alkylating agents, which is a type of chemotherapy. Oxaliplatin works by sticking to one of the cancer cell's DNA strands. DNA is the genetic code that is in the nucleus of all animal and plant cells. It controls everything the cell does.
Oxaliplatin and capecitabine (XELOX) - Cancer Research UK
Oxaliplatin and capecitabine is a chemotherapy combination known as XELOX. This combination might also be called CAPOX, CAPE-OX or OxCap. It is a treatment for: bowel cancer (colorectal cancer) cancer of the food pipe (oesophagus) stomach cancer. Read about your cancer type.
FOLFOX | Cancer information | Cancer Research UK
2023年8月1日 · oxaliplatin (ox-ali-pla-tin) It is a treatment for a number of different cancer types. It is also known as Oxaliplatin de Gramont or OxMdG, which means modified Oxaliplatin de Gramont. De Gramont describes a way of giving the chemotherapy drug fluorouracil (5FU) in combination with folinic acid (calcium folinate or leucovorin).
Fluorouracil, Leucovorin, Oxaliplatin and Docetaxel (FLOT) | Cancer ...
2024年6月20日 · Cancer Chat is free to join and available 24 hours a day. Fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin and docetaxel (FLOT) is a combination of chemotherapy drugs. It is a treatment for cancer of the stomach, food pipe, or the area where the stomach joins the food pipe (gastro oesophageal junction). Find out more about it.
FOLFOXIRI | Cancer Research UK
2024年9月4日 · Folinic acid, fluorouracil, oxaliplatin and irinotecan (FOLFOXIRI) FOLFOXIRI is the name of a chemotherapy combination. It includes the drugs we list below, next to each drug we have how you pronounce the drug name in brackets. It is a treatment for bowel cancer that has spread to other parts of the body (advanced or metastatic bowel cancer).
FOLFIRINOX - Cancer Research UK
FOLFIRINOX is the name of a combination of chemotherapy drugs. It includes the drugs below. How to pronounce the drug names are in brackets. FOL – folinic acid also called leucovorin, calcium folinate or FA (foh-lin-ik-ass-id) F – fluorouracil also called 5FU (floor-oh-yoor-uh-sil. Irin – irinotecan (i-rin-o-te-can)
Raltitrexed (Tomudex) | Cancer Research UK
Raltitrexed is a chemotherapy drug. It is pronounced ral-tee-trex-ed. It is also known as Tomudex. It is a treatment for bowel (colorectal) cancer that has: spread to other parts of the body (advanced or metastatic bowel cancer) and. you’re unable to have other bowel cancer treatments such as capecitabine, fluorouracil (5FU) and FOLFOX.
Epirubicin, oxaliplatin and fluorouracil (EOF) - Cancer Research UK
2024年4月15日 · EOF is the name of a chemotherapy combination. It includes the drugs below. How to pronounce the drug names are in brackets. E - epirubicin (eh-pee-roo-bih-sin) O - oxaliplatin (ox-ali-pla-tin) F - fluorouracil (floor-oh-yoor-uh-sil) also known as 5FU. It is a treatment for stomach, oesophageal and gastro oesophageal junction (GOJ) cancer.
EOX | Cancer information - Cancer Research UK
EOX. EOX is the name of a chemotherapy combination. it includes the drugs we list below, next to each drug we have how you pronounce the drug in brackets: E – epirubicin (epee-roob-i-sin) O – oxaliplatin (ox-al-e-plait-in) X – capecitabine (cap-site-a-been). It is also known as Xeloda. This is the oral form of 5-fluorouracil.
Chemotherapy treatment | Bowel cancer | Cancer Research UK
Chemotherapy for colon cancer. Chemotherapy uses anti cancer (cytotoxic) drugs to destroy cancer cells. The drugs circulate throughout the body in the bloodstream. This page is about chemotherapy for large bowel (colon) cancer that hasn’t spread to another part of the body. You might have chemotherapy before or after surgery for colon cancer.