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. +6 more
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Curcumin Chemosensitizes 5-Fluorouracil Resistant MMR-Deficient Human Colon Cancer Cells in High Density Cultures [PDF]
Objective Treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC) remains a clinical challenge, as more than 15% of patients are resistant to 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU)-based chemotherapeutic regimens, and tumor recurrence rates can be as high as 50–60%.
Patricia Kraehe +17 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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Effective second-line treatment with cetuximab and bevacizumab in a patient with hepatic metastases of colorectal cancer and hyperbilirubinemia [PDF]
Background: Irinotecan-based second-line chemotherapy of metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) is effective, it might, however, be contraindicated in cases of severe liver dysfunction due to advanced liver metastases.
Moosmann, Nicolas +4 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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THADA inhibits autophagy and increases 5-FU sensitivity in gastric cancer cells via the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway [PDF]
Objective(s): 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is currently the main drug used in chemotherapy for gastric cancer (GC). The main clinical problems of 5-FU therapy are insensitivity and acquired resistance to 5-FU.
Xianke Lin +3 more
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Irinotecan (CPT-11) is widely used for the treatment of unresectable colorectal cancer in combination with fluoropyrimidines, such as 5-fluorouracil and S-1.
Mashiro Okunaka +4 more
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5FU-loaded PCL/Chitosan/Fe3O4 Core-Shell Nanofibers Structure: An Approach to Multi-Mode Anticancer System [PDF]
Purpose: 5-Fluorouracil (5FU) and Fe3O4 nanoparticles were encapsulated in core-shellpolycaprolactone (PCL)/chitosan (CS) nanofibers as a multi-mode anticancer system to studydrug release sustainability.
Mehdi Hadjianfar +4 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
Stemmler, J. +4 more
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