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Folfirinox regimen

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A regimen consisting of fluorouracil, irinotecan, leucovorin and oxaliplatin that can be used for the treatment of pancreatic and colorectal cancers; occult primary, appendiceal and small bowel adenocarcinomas; 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 with irinotecan hydrochloride, leucovorin calcium and oxaliplatin
fluorouracil-leucovorin-irinotecan-oxaliplatin regimen
fluorouracil/irinotecan/leucovorin calcium/oxaliplatin
FOLFIRINOX protocol
folinic acid/fluorouracil/irinotecan/oxaliplatin
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