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Title
Trifluridine/tipiracil : an emerging strategy for the management of gastrointestinal cancers
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Abstract
Fluoropyrimidines are currently the backbone of treatment for gastrointestinal (GI) cancers but development of resistance to these agents remains a major problem. Trifluridine/tipiracil is an oral chemotherapeutic agent recently approved for third-line treatment of chemorefractory metastatic colorectal cancer. This article reviews the clinical value of trifluridine/tipiracil as a monotherapy, including recent trials in GI cancers, and the potential benefit of combining it with other agents in patients with GI cancers, including the preclinical rationale for combination therapy and recently completed and ongoing clinical trials. Data gathered so far suggest that trifluridine/tipiracil has the potential to form the chemotherapeutic backbone in the continuum of care for GI cancers in the future.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Future oncology
Publication
London : Future medicine ltd , 2018
ISSN
1479-6694
1744-8301
DOI
10.2217/FON-2018-0147
Volume/pages
14 :16 (2018) , p. 1629-1645
ISI
000441782200010
Pubmed ID
29701076
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UAntwerpen
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Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Last edited 02.10.2024
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