Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria :(1) Patients had a stage II/III colorectal cancer;
(2) Patients had undergone surgical resection;
(3) Patients received the NCCN guideline recommended regimen adjuvant chemotherapy;
(4) Patients had not received any other treatment prior to enrollment;
Exclusion criteria :
(1) Patients had a combination of cancers other than colorectal cancer;
(2) Patients received non-adjuvant chemotherapy regimens.
(3) No survival data was reported.
Details of
search and inclusion
Literature search : Databases : PubMed, Embase
Search deadline : Dec 29, 2021.
Language was limited to English.
The terms used : “Colorectal cancer”, “Cancer of colon”, “Cancer of rectum”
Literature inclusion and exclusion:
A total of 5564 literatures were identified
4335 literatures were screened
744 literatures were assessed for eligibility
34 studies were included in the analysis.
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