The efficacy of the combination therapy of 5-fluorouracil, cisplatin and leucovorin for hepatocellular carcinoma and its predictable factors

Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 296-304

  Kogure, Takayuki ^a   Ueno, Yoshiyuki ^a   Iwasaki, Takao ^a   Shimosegawa, Toru ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Thymidylate synthase

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DIHYDROPYRIMIDINE DEHYDROGENASE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL SURVIVAL; CISPLATIN; DIHYDROURACIL DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEUCOVORIN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RNA, MESSENGER; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 1642375906     PISSN: 03445704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00280-003-0725-6     Document Type: Article

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