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A trial looking at chemotherapy before and after surgery for bowel cancer that has spread to the liver (EORTC 40983)

Overview

Cancer types:

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

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial was looking at chemotherapy before and after surgery to remove secondary liver cancer that had spread from a cancer that started in the bowel.

In the UK, this trial was supported by Cancer Research UK.

Recruitment start: 1 January 2001

Recruitment end: 31 July 2004

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 John Primrose

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Other information

This is Cancer Research UK trial number CRUK/00/002.

Last reviewed: 12 Jan 2016

CRUK internal database number: 11

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