"Leucovorin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The active metabolite of FOLIC ACID. Leucovorin is used principally as an antidote to FOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTS.
| Descriptor ID |
D002955
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.633.100.733.631.400.800.350.450 D08.211.840.300.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Leucovorin- Leucovorin
- Folinic Acid-SF
- Folinic Acid SF
- Leukovorin
- Leukovorum
- Folinic Acid
- Acid, Folinic
Citrovorum Factor- Citrovorum Factor
- Factor, Citrovorum
- Calcium Leucovorin
- Leucovorin, Calcium
- Calcium Folinate
- Folinate, Calcium
N(5)-Formyltetrahydrofolate- N(5)-Formyltetrahydrofolate
- 5-Formyltetrahydropteroylglutamate
- 5 Formyltetrahydropteroylglutamate
- 5-Formyltetrahydrofolate
- 5 Formyltetrahydrofolate
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leucovorin" by people in Profiles.
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Modeling the Cost-Effectiveness of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Stage III Colon Cancer in South African Public Hospitals. JCO Glob Oncol. 2021 12; 7:1730-1741.
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Observed benefit and safety of aflibercept in elderly patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: An age-based analysis from the randomized placebo-controlled phase III VELOUR trial. J Geriatr Oncol. 2018 01; 9(1):32-39.
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Aflibercept Plus FOLFIRI vs. Placebo Plus FOLFIRI in Second-Line Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: a Post Hoc Analysis of Survival from the Phase III VELOUR Study Subsequent to Exclusion of Patients who had Recurrence During or Within 6 Months of Completing Adjuvant Oxaliplatin-Based Therapy. Target Oncol. 2016 06; 11(3):383-400.
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Time course of safety and efficacy of aflibercept in combination with FOLFIRI in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who progressed on previous oxaliplatin-based therapy. Eur J Cancer. 2015 Jan; 51(1):18-26.
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Aflibercept versus placebo in combination with fluorouracil, leucovorin and irinotecan in the treatment of previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer: prespecified subgroup analyses from the VELOUR trial. Eur J Cancer. 2014 Jan; 50(2):320-31.
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Panitumumab-FOLFOX4 treatment and RAS mutations in colorectal cancer. N Engl J Med. 2013 Sep 12; 369(11):1023-34.
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Predicting 5-fluorouracil toxicity in colorectal cancer patients from peripheral blood cell telomere length: a multivariate analysis. Br J Cancer. 2012 Oct 23; 107(9):1525-33.
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Addition of aflibercept to fluorouracil, leucovorin, and irinotecan improves survival in a phase III randomized trial in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer previously treated with an oxaliplatin-based regimen. J Clin Oncol. 2012 Oct 01; 30(28):3499-506.
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Randomized, phase III trial of panitumumab with infusional fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin (FOLFOX4) versus FOLFOX4 alone as first-line treatment in patients with previously untreated metastatic colorectal cancer: the PRIME study. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Nov 01; 28(31):4697-705.
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Cetuximab and chemotherapy as initial treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer. N Engl J Med. 2009 Apr 02; 360(14):1408-17.