Doctors anticipate a new international research study into advanced colorectal cancer will determine the best first-line treatment to prolong and improve the lives of patients with disease that has spread to their liver, and may change standard colorectal cancer treatment practices worldwide.
The largest of its kind in the world, the SIRFLOX study has now started in twelve Australian hospitals and will compare two of the latest treatments for secondary liver cancer: an innovative Australian-developed radiation therapy that targets liver tumours, and three systemic chemotherapy drugs.
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Friday, October 19, 2007
New International Colorectal Cancer Study Using Targeted Radiotherapy
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