Relief of jaundice by 5-fluorouracil and folinic acid in patients with recurrent gastric cancer

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 177-181

  Kajiyama, Y ^a   Tsurumaru, M ^a   Udagawa, H ^a   Tsutsumi, K ^a   Kinoshita, Y ^a   Akiyama, H ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 fluorouracil; Bile production; Folinic acid; Gastric cancer; Improvement of liver function; Relief of jaundice

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; JAUNDICE; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 0030485333     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-7404(96)80041-7     Document Type: Article

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