Cardiology

Gastrointestinal Cancers

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How would you approach the management of newly diagnosed metastatic colon cancer in a patient who experienced infusional 5FU-related cardiotoxicity with initial chemotherapy?

When 5FU is a backbone to so many regimens, when (if ever) do you consider re-challenging so as not to abandon an entire line of therapy?

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Clin Colorectal Cancer, 2018 Oct 10

Bolus 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) In Combination With Oxaliplatin Is Safe and Well Tolerated in Patients Who Experienced Coronary Vasospasm With Infusional 5-FU or Capecitabine.

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