Intracavitary chemotherapy with 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine (FdUrd) in malignant brain tumors

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 251-258

  Nakagawa, Hidemitsu ^a   Maeda, Nobuhiko ^a   Tsuzuki, Takashi ^a   Suzuki, Tsuyoshi ^a   Hirayama, Azuma ^a   Miyahara, Eiji ^a   Wada, Kouichi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 fluoro 2' deoxyuridine; Intracavitary chemotherapy; Malignant brain tumor

Indexed keywords

FLOXURIDINE; THYMIDINE KINASE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVULSION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; POPULATION; RECURRENT CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0034911011     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hye055     Document Type: Article

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