Author | Hans Jochen Wilke, MD

January 02, 2001

Significant emphasis has been placed recently on designing more effective fluorouracil (5-FU)-based combination protocols for gastrointestinal cancer. Promising results were seen with 5-FU/leucovorin in combination with

December 03, 2000

Metastatic gastric cancer is a relatively chemosensitive disease. With current regimens, 25% to 40% of patients can be expected to respond, and median survival of 6 to 8 months is

January 01, 1998

Although combination chemotherapy regimens may prolong survival for selected patients with metastatic breast cancer, few, if any, are cured. The standard regimens used in treatment, eg, CMF (cyclophosphamide,

April 01, 1997

Our phase II study results demonstrating high efficacy and low toxicity for a weekly schedule of high-dose, 24-hour infusional 5-fluorouracil(5-FU)/folinic acid (HD5-FU/FA) in intensively pretreated patients with metastatic