Decreased folylpolyglutamate synthetase activity in tumors resistant to fluorouracil-folinic acid treatment: Clinical data

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 553-557

  Chazal, Maurice ^b   Cheradame, Stéphane ^a   Formento, Jean Louis ^a   Francoual, Mireille ^a   Formento, Patricia ^a   Etienne, Marie Christine ^a   François, Eric ^a   Richelme, Henri ^b   Mousseau, Mireille ^c   Letoublon, Christian ^c   Pezet, Denis ^d   Cure, Hervé ^e   Seitz, Jean François ^f   Milano, Gérard ^a  

^a CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

^b PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^e CENTRE JEAN PERRIN   (France)

^f INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; FOLYLPOLYGLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BIOPSY; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; LEUCOVORIN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

EID: 0030905828     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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