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A trial of chemotherapy and radioembolisation for bowel cancer that has spread to the liver (FOXFIRE)

Overview

Cancer types:

Bowel (colorectal) cancer, Cancer spread to the liver, Colon cancer, Rectal cancer, Secondary cancers

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial was for people with bowel cancer that had spread to their liver. Their cancer in the liver could not be completely removed with surgery, or cured with other treatments. This trial was supported by the Bobby Moore Fund of Cancer Research UK.

Recruitment start: 15 February 2010

Recruitment end: 31 October 2014

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor Ricky Sharma Dr Harpeet Wasan

Supported by

Bobby Moore Fund (BMF)

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Sirtex

University of Oxford

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/07/030.

Last reviewed: 22 March 2018

CRUK internal database number: 1722

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