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A trial looking at oxaliplatin and 5FU chemotherapy before surgery for cancer of the food pipe

Overview

Cancer types:

Oesophageal cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This trial looked at oxaliplatin to shrink cancer of the food pipe (also called the oesophagus or gullet) before surgery.

Recruitment start: 21 April 2006

Recruitment end: 28 February 2010

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 Mark Middleton

Supported by

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Oxford Biomedica

Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust

Last reviewed: 27 November 2017

CRUK internal database number: 952

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