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FOLFIRI regimen

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A regimen consisting of leucovorin calcium (calcium folinate), 5-fluorouracil, and irinotecan that can be used in the treatment of appendiceal, small bowel, pancreatic and occult primary adenocarcinoma; colorectal, esophageal and esophagogastric junction, gastric, and hepatobiliary cancers; well-differentiated grade 3 neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), and extrapulmonary poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma, large or small cell carcinoma and mixed neuroendocrine-non-neuroendocrine neoplasm.
Synonym:fluorouracil-folinic acid-irinotecan
fluorouracil/folinic acid/irinotecan
fluorouracil/leucovorin/irinotecan
FOLinic acid-fluorouracil-IRInotecan regimen
folinic acid/fluorouracil/irinotecan regimen
Abbreviation:FOLFIRI
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