Middle-Aged Man With Acute Thrombocytopenia Subsequent to Fluorouracil and Oxaliplatin Chemotherapy for Colorectal Cancer

A 44-year-old patient with a history of stage IIB colorectal cancer at the hepatic flexure, invading the duodenum and pancreas, was initially diagnosed in September 2005 and received modified Whipple surgery and 8 cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy with capecitabine and oxaliplatin every 3 weeks.

Source: CancerNetwork - November 15, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Henning Schade, MD Lindsey Davis, MD Peter Kabos, MD Tags: Case Studies Colorectal Cancer Oncology Journal Source Type: news