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Using oral tegafur/uracil (UFT) plus leucovorin as adjuvant chemotherapy in stage II colorectal cancer: a propensity score matching study from Taiwan.

Yen-Lin YuWen-Ko TsengChun-Kai LiaoChien-Yuh YehHong-Hwa ChenYu-Hsuan LiuYu-Wei LiawChung-Wei Fan
Published in: BMC cancer (2023)
This study suggests that tegafur/uracil plus leucovorin is a feasible adjuvant chemotherapy regimen for patients with stage II colorectal cancer after curative surgical treatment. Prolonged tegafur/uracil plus leucovorin treatment for 12 months showed a trend towards better outcomes in patients with stage II colorectal cancer.
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