Clinical implications of thymidylate synthetase, dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase and orotate phosphoribosyl transferase activity levels in colorectal carcinoma following radical resection and administration of adjuvant 5-FU chemotherapy

BMC Cancer

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ishikawa, Masashi ^a,b   Miyauchi, Takayuki ^a   Kashiwagi, Yutaka ^a  

^a The University of Tokushima   (Japan)

^b TOKUSHIMA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROPYRIMIDINE DEHYDROGENASE; FLUOROURACIL; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; UFT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; COLON SURGERY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG THERAPY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; SURVIVAL;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIHYDROURACIL DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); DRUG THERAPY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

EID: 48649100257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-8-188     Document Type: Article

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