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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a public health problem. It is the third most common cancer in the world, with nearly 1.8 million new cases diagnosed in 2018. The only curative treatment is surgery, especially for early tumor stages.
S. Blondy +5 more
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Dynamic Hydrogels Based on Double Imine Connections and Application for Delivery of Fluorouracil
Dynamic hydrogels have been prepared by cross-linking of O-carboxymethyl chitosan (O-CMCS) with reversibly connected imino-PEGylated dynamers. The double imine chitosan/dynamer and dynamer bonds and were used to provide tighter structures and adaptive ...
Yan Zhang +5 more
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Weekly irinotecan in a patient with metastatic colorectal cancer on hemodialysis due to chronic renal failure [PDF]
Background: The cytotoxic treatment of patients suffering from advanced or metastatic cancer undergoing hemodialysis due to chronic renal failure still remains a problem, since for those patients pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic data on most cytotoxic
Hacker, U. +4 more
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Background and PurposeCurrently, there is no optimal dose recommendation for a 120-h continuous infusion of 5-fluorouracil via arterial cannulation for advanced T-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).
Li Xiang +8 more
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Induction chemotherapy in locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: role, controversy, and future directions. [PDF]
BackgroundThe value of induction chemotherapy (ICT) remains under investigation despite decades of research. New advancements in the field, specifically regarding the induction regimen of choice, have reignited interest in this approach for patients with
Cohen, EEW +6 more
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High incidence of Angina pectoris in patients treated with 5-fluorouracil - A planned surveillance study with 102 patients [PDF]
Objective: Angina pectoris, arrhythmic sudden death and myocardial infarction, all these cardiac events have occasionally been reported during 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) chemotherapy.
Lersch, C. +4 more
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BACKGROUND Docetaxel-based chemotherapy is effective in metastatic gastric and gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma. This study reports on the safety and efficacy of the docetaxel-based triplet FLOT (fluorouracil plus leucovorin, oxaliplatin and ...
S. Al-Batran +56 more
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Colchicine Ameliorates 5-Fluorouracil-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Rats
Background and Objective. 5‐Fluorouracil is one of the most common chemotherapeutic agents used in the treatment of solid tumors. 5‐Fluorouracil‐associated cardiotoxicity is the second cause of cardiotoxicity induced by chemotherapeutic drugs after ...
Soheila Safarpour +8 more
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The rate of cardiac complications in patients receiving a 24-hour dose of 5-Fluorouracil [PDF]
Background. Cardiotoxicity caused by fluoropyrimidines is an uncommon but potentially fatal complication. Its frequency has been 1.6 to 19% in previous studies. But there are no accurate statistics in Iran. The aim of this study was to determine the rate
Mostafa Davoodnataj +4 more
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Topoisomerase expression and amplification in solid tumours: Analysis of 24,262 patients. [PDF]
BackgroundTopoisomerase I (TOPO1) and topoisomerase IIα (TOP2A) are specific targets of multiple chemotherapy drugs. Increased expression of TOPO1 protein and amplification of the TOP2A gene have been associated with treatment response in colorectal and ...
Arguello, David +4 more
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