Methyl-group metabolism and the response of colorectal cancer to 5-fluorouracil

Critical Reviews in Oncogenesis

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 115-126

  Iacopetta, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

5 fluorouracil; Chemotherapy; Colorectal cancer; DNA methylation; Folate; Microsatellite instability

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); DIHYDROPYRIMIDINE DEHYDROGENASE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLIC ACID; FOLYLPOLYGLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CATALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 33749330141     PISSN: 08939675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevOncog.v12.i1-2.60     Document Type: Review

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