title: [Drug therapy of colorectal carcinoma].
abstract: Colorectal cancer represents one of the most common malignant diseases worldwide. Because of the expanding understanding of the biology of this disease entity, and the development/availability of a number novel antitumor agents, therapeutic options have considerably improved within the past few years. As for new drug development, therapeutic advances comprise the oral fluoropyrimidine prodrugs, specific thymidilate synthase inhibitors, irinotecan, oxaliplatin, and signal transduction inhibitors such as the anti-EGF-receptor monoclonal antibody Cetuximab. Compared to the area of conventional 5-fluorouracil therapy, much higher objective response rates and major improvements in overall survival can be achieved today, even in the case of disseminated disease. The aim of this review article is to provide the reader with an overview of presently available treatment options in the palliative, neoadjuvant and postoperative adjuvant setting in colon and rectal cancer, respectively. Furthermore, actual clinical-practice oriented and future perspectives in the management of this disease will be addressed.
authors.affiliation: Klinische Abteilung für Onkologie, Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin I, Wien, Osterreich. herbert.ulrich-pur@akh-wien.ac.at
authors.forename: Herbert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ulrich-Pur
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jech
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Scheithauer
authors.forename: Gabriela Verena
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Kornek
authors.forename: Heinz
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huber
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents
vernacular_title: Die medikamentöse Therapie des kolorektalen Karzinoms.