Author | Eduardo Diaz-rubio, MD, PhD

July 01, 1999

Two studies were carried out to determine the activity and evaluate the toxicity of oral chemotherapy with uracil and tegafur in a 4:1 molar ratio (UFT) plus or minus calcium folinate in elderly patients with advanced colorectal

September 02, 1997

Twenty-four patients with metastatic breast cancer that had progressed after high-dose chemotherapy with peripheral blood progenitor cell (PBPC) support were given intramuscular methotrexate in combination with oral

September 02, 1997

This study compared the activity and toxicity of fluorouracil (5-FU)/cisplatin with the combination tegafur and uracil (UFT)/cisplatin in the neoadjuvant treatment of locally advanced-stage III or IV (M0)-head and neck

September 02, 1997

The oral fluoropyrimidines have proved to be active in colorectal cancer in Japan and, recently, in the United States and Europe. Continuous oral administration simulates protracted fluorouracil (5-FU) continuous