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When treating a patient with colon cancer with adjuvant FOLFOX, in what situation, if any, would you consider removing the 5-FU bolus empirically?

As in removing the 5-FU bolus from the start of therapy and not because of toxicity?
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Medical Oncology · University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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I'm not aware of any data that clearly indicate how much the 5-FU bolus really adds to the therapeutic efficacy of infusional 5-FU regimens. I think the benefit (if any) is likely to be very small. That being said, if I'm treating a patient with curative intent, I don't drop the 5-FU bolus unless co...

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