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FOLFOX-7 regimen

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-003301

An abbreviation for a combination chemotherapy regimen that is used to treat colorectal cancer. It includes the drugs leucovorin calcium (folinic acid), fluorouracil, and oxaliplatin. There are several different FOLFOX regimens that differ in the doses and ways in which the three drugs are given. Also called FOLFOX-7.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-003301
FieldOncology and biomedicine
SynonymsFOLFOX-7
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-003301",
  "term": "FOLFOX-7 regimen",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "An abbreviation for a combination chemotherapy regimen that is used to treat colorectal cancer. It includes the drugs leucovorin calcium (folinic acid), fluorouracil, and oxaliplatin. There are several different FOLFOX regimens that differ in the doses and ways in which the three drugs are given. Also called FOLFOX-7.",
  "synonyms": [
    "FOLFOX-7"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/folfox-7-regimen/"
}

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