Treatment of recurrent metastatic colon cancer in the age of modern adjuvant therapy

Clin Colorectal Cancer. 2008 Sep;7(5):321-4. doi: 10.3816/CCC.2008.n.042.

Abstract

The treatment of patients with metastatic colon cancer has evolved tremendously over the past 10 years, with improved overall survival (OS) rates as a result of the advent of several important agents. Following the results of important adjuvant trials, the incorporation of oxaliplatin into the adjuvant setting has significantly increased the disease-free survival and OS rates in patients who undergo curative resection. However, still a significant number of patients will present with recurrent disease after being treated with oxaliplatin-containing chemotherapy regimens. Herein, we present approaches to the chemotherapeutic management of such patients with a review of the literature.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Colonic Neoplasms / mortality
  • Colonic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Colonic Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / mortality*
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / therapy*
  • Survival Rate

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents