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Treatment with Two Chemotherapy Drugs Combined with Radiation Therapy for Patients with Rectal Cancer (NSABP R-04):

  • Diagnosis of invasive rectal cancer
  • Biopsy only of the tumor, no resection
  • Tumor must be palpable by rectal exam

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A Randomized Phase III Study Comparing 5-FU, Leucovorin and Oxaliplatin versus 5-FU, Leucovorin, Oxaliplatin and Bevacizumab in Patients with State II Colon Cancer at High Risk for Recurrence to Determine Prospectively the Prognostic Value of Molecular Markers (ECOG E5202):

  • No history of isolated, distant, or non-contiguous intra-abdominal metastases, even if restricted
  • Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the colon
  • Patients must have > 8 lymph nodes evaluated and reported
  • Must not have presented with complete obstruction or perforation of the bowel
  • Patients must not have had any systemic or radiation therapy initiated for this malignancy

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A Randomized Phase III Trial of Oxaliplatin(OXAL) plus 5-FU/Leucovorin (CF) with or without Cetuximab after Curative Resection for Patients with Stage III Colon Cancer (NCCTG N0147):

  • Tumor must have been completely resected
  • At least 1+ lymph node w/no evidence of residual involved lymph node disease
  • No prior radiation or chemotherapy for treatment of this malignancy

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A Phase III Trial of Irinotecan/5-FU/Leucovorin or Oxaliplatin/5-FU/Leucovorin with Bevacizumab, or Cetuximab (C225), or with the Combination of Bevacizumab and Cetuximab for Patients with Untreated Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Colon or Rectum (CALGB 80405).

  • Pathologically diagnosed advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer
  • Patient can not of had prior chemotherapy for metastatic cancer
  • No prior treatment with Bevacizumab and Avastin
Sparrow Regional Cancer Center: Research & Clinical Trials
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