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Phase I trial of UFT/leucovorin and irinotecan in patients with advanced cancer.
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 1 Mar 2004
Veronese M L, Stevenson J P, Sun W, Redlinger M, Algazy K, Giantonio B, Hahn S, Vaughn D, Thorn C, Whitehead A S, Haller D G, O'Dwyer P J
Abstract excerpt
UFT (BMS-200604, Uftoral) is an oral fluoropyrimidine that combines uracil and the 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) prodrug, ftorafur, in a 4:1 molar ratio with single-agent activity in breast and gastrointestinal cancers. In vitro studies have shown that irinotecan downregulates thymidylate synthase (TS) expression in tumour cells, leading to synergy between irinotecan and 5-FU that is maximal when irinotecan is given 24 h...
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