Gastric cancer associated with acute disseminated intravascular coagulation: Successful initial treatment with weekly 24-hour infusion of high-dose 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 769-772

  Yeh, Kun Huei ^a,b   Cheng, Ann Lii ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute DIC; Gastric cancer; High dose 5 fluorouracil

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDOTES; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LEUCOVORIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031904926     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.00613.x     Document Type: Article

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