Selective induction of colon cancer cell apoptosis by 5-fluorouracil in humans

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 657-665

  Rigas, Athanasios ^a   Dervenis, Christos ^a   Giannakou, Niki ^a   Kozoni, Vassiliki ^b   Shiff, Steven J ^b   Rigas, Basil ^b,c  

^a AGIA OLGA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Fluorouracil; Apoptosis; Colon cancer; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIMETABOLITE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; COLON MUCOSA; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CARCINOMA; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; COLON TUMOR; DRUG EFFECT; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA; CELL DIVISION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0036049020     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CNV-120002491     Document Type: Article

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