Weekly 24-hour infusional 5-fluorouracil as initial treatment for advanced gastric cancer with acute disseminated intravascular coagulation

Anticancer Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2 B, 2008, Pages 1293-1297

  Huang, Ta Chen ^a,b   Yeh, Kun Huei ^a,b   Cheng, Ann Lii ^a,b   Hsu, Chih Hung ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

5 fluorouracil infusional therapy; Bone marrow metastasis; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Gastric cancer

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; COHORT STUDIES; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 42549155675     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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