PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - ,
TI  - Chemotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer
AID  - 10.1136/dtb.2002.40749
DP  - 2002 Jul 01
TA  - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
PG  - 49--52
VI  - 40
IP  - 7
4099  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/40/7/49.short
4100  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/40/7/49.full
SO  - Drug Ther Bull2002 Jul 01; 40
AB  - Relevant BNF section: 8.1Of the 30,000 people in the UK who develop colorectal cancer each year, around 70-80% undergo potentially curative surgery. Even so, around a half of all patients eventually die from metastatic disease,1 typically within 5 years of diagnosis. Many patients who develop metastases are offered systemic chemotherapy to try to extend survival and maintain or improve quality of life. How effective is such intervention?