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What is FOLFIRI regimen?
Pronunciation: /folfiri* ˈrɛʤəmən/
FOLFIRI regimen
Definition
A regimen consisting of leucovorin calcium (calcium folinate), 5-fluorouracil, and irinotecan that can be used in the treatment of appendiceal, small bowel, pancreatic and occult primary adenocarcinoma; colorectal, esophageal and esophagogastric junction, gastric, and hepatobiliary cancers; well-differentiated grade 3 neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), and extrapulmonary poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma, large or small cell carcinoma and mixed neuroendocrine-non-neuroendocrine neoplasm.