Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An antineoplastic agent, C4H3FN2O2, used especially in the treatment of cancers of the skin, breast, and digestive system.
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- noun A particular
drug used inchemotherapy .
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- noun an antimetabolite used to treat certain cancers
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Examples
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One of the most commonly used creams contains a chemotherapy drug, called fluorouracil, which destroys the precancerous cells by blocking essential cellular functions within them.
Doctors can treat skin precancer before it turns deadly 2011
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One of the most commonly used creams contains a chemotherapy drug, called fluorouracil, which destroys the precancerous cells by blocking essential cellular functions within them.
Doctors can treat skin precancer before it turns deadly 2011
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(July 20, 2009) -- Two genes may contribute to chemotherapy resistance in drugs like 5-fluorouracil, which is used in liver cancer treatment, according to Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researchers.
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Rep. Cummings said PRN Pharmaceuticals of Rockville, Md., offered to sell another cancer drug, fluorouracil, for $350 per vial.
Congressman Investigates High Drug Markups Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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Of the 140,000 patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer each year, about 80,000 are expected to rely on typical treatments such as fluorouracil or leucovorin, both currently in short supply, said Nancy Roach, a board member at the patient group Fight Colorectal Cancer.
FOXNews.com 2011
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FUSILEV enhances the cyto-toxicity of fluorouracil.
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The paper did look at patients who had failed fluorouracil treated patients, one of the types of drugs that patients must have failed to enter the phase 3 trial.
unknown title 2011
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We reported previously (Jan. 3, 2008, issue) 1 that capecitabine and oxaliplatin are as effective as infused fluorouracil and cisplatin, respectively, in patients with previously untreated esophagogastric cancer that was inoperable and either locally advanced or metastatic.
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Histone modifications represent novel prognostic and predictive biomarkers that could inform clinical decisions, including use of fluorouracil (5-FU) chemotherapy.
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Histone modifications represent novel prognostic and predictive biomarkers that could inform clinical decisions, including use of fluorouracil (5-FU) chemotherapy.
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