5-FU


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5-FU5-Fluorouracil (drug used against pancreatic cancer)
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Cardiotoxicity probably due to 5-FU was suspected and chemotherapy discontinued from day 3.
Cardiotoxicity associated with 5-flurouracil--A case series
Intralesional 5-FU plus TCA is significantly better than intralesional TCA alone in the treatment of keloids.
Comparison of efficacy of intralesional 5-fluorouracil plus triamcinolone acetonide versus intralesional triamcinolone acetonide in the treatment of keloids
In light of recent developments surrounding tumor immunotherapy, the researchers decided to combine 5-FU with calcipotriol (calcipotriene, approved for psoriasis), which induces thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP), "an epithelium-derived cytokine and a master regulator of allergic inflammation in the skin," according to the authors.
Adding calcipotriol to 5-FU improved efficacy, tolerability
The combination of 5-FU and calcipotriene was associated with an 86% reduction in the number of facial AKs, compared with a 26% reduction among patients who used 5-FU monotherapy (P less than .
Adding calcipotriene to 5-FU dramatically reduced AKs
To evaluate the clinical efficacy of low dose intralesional 5-FU in the treatment of keloids.
Clinical efficacy of low dose intralesional 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) in the treatment of keloids
Our purpose was to investigate the effects of 5-FU on tendon adhesions in partially divided profundus flexor tendons (flexor digitorum profundus [FDPs]) following surgical repair and in partially divided FDPs without surgical repair and to compare the results of the repair versus the nonrepair of zone two injuries via macroscopic and biomechanical evaluations of tendon adhesions.
Biomechanical and Macroscopic Evaluations of the Effects of 5-Fluorouracil on Partially Divided Flexor Tendon Injuries in Rabbits
Don ethanol extract (SBE) combined with low close 5-FU in vitro and in vivo, as well as the possible mechanisms.
Scutellaria barbata D. Don extract synergizes the antitumor effects of low dose 5-fluorouracil through induction of apoptosis and metabolism
Data from medical records of all diagnosed cancer patients at SKMCH and RC registered between January 2002 and December 2004 receiving 5-FU as a part of chemotherapy was analysed retrospectively, including serial analysis of ECG.
A retrospective study of cardiotoxicities induced by 5-Fluouracil (5-FU) and 5-FU based chemotherapy regimens in Pakistani adult cancer patients at Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center
5-FU (425 mg/m2/day) and folinic acid (25 mg/m2/day).
Two cases of coronary vasospasm induced by 5-fluorouracil/5-florourasilin indukledigi iki vazospazm vakasi
Adverse reactions and side effects of 5-FU are more likely to occur with systemic use.
RATIONAL USE OF 5-FLUOROURACIL IN CHEMOTHERAPY AND BREAST Cancer
Capecitabine in combination with oxaliplatin appears to be a safe and active regimen with a comparable efficacy to infusional 5-FU in combination with oxaliplatin.
Uracil/ftorafur/leucovorin combined with irinotecan (TEGAFIRI) or oxaliplatin (TEGAFOX) as first-line treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer patients: results of a randomised phase II study
We are pleased to have launched this study of CoFactor in combination with 5-FU in advanced breast cancer," said James A.
ADVENTRX Begins Phase II Clinical Trial of Breast Cancer Treatment
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