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The adjuvant chemotherapy of colorectal and gastric cancer is being actively investigated. Studies of both single antineoplastic agents and combinations of several drugs have been used. In colorectal cancer, single-agent therapy has not resulted in improved survival. Combination chemotherapy studies are at too early a stage to be evaluated. In gastric cancer, single-agent chemotherapy has not been effective as adjunctive treatment to surgery. Combinations of active agents in gastric cancer hold promise as effective surgical adjuvant therapy.
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Macdonald, J.S., Haller, D.G., Kisner, D.L. (1982). Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Colon and Gastric Cancer. In: Mathé, G., Bonadonna, G., Salmon, S. (eds) Adjuvant Therapies of Cancer. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 80. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81685-7_45
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