Abstract:Objective To investigate the clinical effect of XELOX and OLF chemotherapy in advanced colorectal cancer patients with KRAS gene mutations. Methods KRAS mutations were found in 106 colorectal cancer patients in our hospital from January 2009 to August 2012. Among them, 56 cases received XELOX chemotherapy, 50 cases received OLF chemotherapy. The toxic and side effects, objective response rate, disease control rate, progression-free survival, and overall survival were compared between the two groups after chemotherapy. Results The incidences of bone marrow suppression, nausea and vomiting, phlebitis, cardio-toxicity in the OLF group were higher than those in the XELOX group, while the incidence of diarrhea in the XELOX group was significantly higher than that in the OLF group. There was no significant difference in the incidence of stomatitis or neurotoxicity, objective response rate, disease control rate, progression-free survival or overall survival between the two groups. Conclusions Compared with OLF, XELOX appears to be a relatively safe and effective chemotherapy and can improve the patient's quality of life.