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Effect of oxaliplatin plus 5-fluorouracil or capecitabine on circulating and imaging biomarkers in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: a prospective biomarker study.

Reem D MahmoodDanielle ShawTine DescampsCong ZhouRobert D MorganSaifee MullamithaMark SaundersNerissa MescalladoAlison BackenKaren MorrisRoss A LittleSusan CheungYvonne WatsonJames P B O'ConnorAlan JacksonGeoff J M ParkerCaroline DiveGordon C Jayson
Published in: BMC cancer (2021)
In patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer with liver metastases, treatment with standard chemotherapy changes cell- and protein-based biomarkers, although these changes are not associated with survival outcomes. In contrast, the imaging biomarker, Ktrans, offers promise to direct molecularly targeted therapies such as anti-angiogenic agents.
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