Colon cancer remains a major threat to human life. In 2012, 103 170 new cases of colon cancer were diagnosed and 51 690 deaths occurred from colorectal cancer in the United States. 1 Although the rate ...

Omitting bolus 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) from combination chemotherapy for gastrointestinal (GI) cancers did not adversely affect survival and was associated with less toxicity, a review of a large ...

The topical chemotherapeutic drug 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) was more effective at treating high-grade vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) than surgical excision or laser ablation, according to results ...

All patients were treated for Dukes C colorectal cancer and participated in a protocol that had been designed to study 5-FU and DHFU pharmacokinetics. The protocol was approved by the Medical Ethics ...

Cost-effectiveness of three years of adjuvant imatinib in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). Background: 5-FU induced encephalopathy was known as uncommon toxicity during the treatment which ...

Saladax Biomedical's MY5-FU blood test will help personalize and optimize 5-fluorouracil dosing in cancer patients. Saladax Biomedical, Inc. announced today that Saladax Biomedical Laboratories is ...

June 17, 2009 (Orlando, Florida) — There is now an antidote for clinicians to use in the event of an overdose of the commonly used chemotherapy 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), according to a poster ...

Radioembolization of unresectable primary and secondary hepatic malignancies using yttrium-90: The University of Texas at Houston experience. Background: Gemcitabine and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) ...

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The FDA highlights increased toxicity risks in patients with DPD deficiency when using Xeloda and 5-FU, urging genetic testing before treatment. DPD deficiency leads to severe side effects from ...