 Fluorouracil
"Fluorouracil" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A pyrimidine analog that is an antineoplastic antimetabolite. It interferes with DNA synthesis by blocking the THYMIDYLATE SYNTHETASE conversion of deoxyuridylic acid to thymidylic acid.
| Descriptor ID |
D005472
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.742.698.875.404
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| Concept/Terms |
Fluorouracil- Fluorouracil
- 5-FU
- Fluoruracil
- 5-Fluorouracil
- 5 Fluorouracil
- 5FU
5-FU medac- 5-FU medac
- 5 FU medac
- medac Brand of Fluorouracil
5-HU Hexal- 5-HU Hexal
- 5 HU Hexal
- Hexal Brand of Fluorouracil
Adrucil- Adrucil
- Teva Brand of Fluorouracil
- Fluorouracil Teva Brand
Carac- Carac
- Dermik Brand of Fluorouracil
Efudix- Efudix
- Dermatech Brand of Fluorouracil
- Roche Brand of Fluorouracil
- Fluoro-Uracile ICN
- Fluoro Uracile ICN
- ICN Brand of Fluorouracil
- CSP Brand of Fluorouracil
- Efudex
Fluoroplex- Fluoroplex
- Flurodex
- Allergan Brand of Fluorouracil
Fluracedyl- Fluracedyl
- Pharmachemie Brand of Fluorouracil Monosodium Salt
Haemato-fu- Haemato-fu
- Haemato fu
- Haemato Brand of Fluorouracil
Neofluor- Neofluor
- Neocorp Brand of Fluorouracil
Onkofluor- Onkofluor
- Onkoworks Brand of Fluorouracil
Ribofluor- Ribofluor
- ribosepharm Brand of Fluorouracil
5-FU Lederle- 5-FU Lederle
- 5 FU Lederle
- Riemser Brand of Fluorouracil
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| 1987 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2009 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fluorouracil" by people in Profiles.
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Fuchs CS, Niedzwiecki D, Mamon HJ, Tepper JE, Ye X, Swanson RS, Enzinger PC, Haller DG, Dragovich T, Alberts SR, Bjarnason GA, Willett CG, Gunderson LL, Goldberg RM, Venook AP, Ilson D, O'Reilly E, Ciombor K, Berg DJ, Meyerhardt J, Mayer RJ. Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy With Epirubicin, Cisplatin, and Fluorouracil Compared With Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy With Fluorouracil and Leucovorin After Curative Resection of Gastric Cancer: Results From CALGB 80101 (Alliance). J Clin Oncol. 2017 Nov 10; 35(32):3671-3677.
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Maykel J, Liu JH, Li H, Shultz LD, Greiner DL, Houghton J. NOD-scidIl2rg (tm1Wjl) and NOD-Rag1 (null) Il2rg (tm1Wjl) : a model for stromal cell-tumor cell interaction for human colon cancer. Dig Dis Sci. 2014 Jun; 59(6):1169-79.
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Wo JY, Mamon HJ, Ferrone CR, Ryan DP, Blaszkowsky LS, Kwak EL, Tseng YD, Napolitano BN, Ancukiewicz M, Swanson RS, Lillemoe KD, Fernandez-del Castillo C, Hong TS. Phase I study of neoadjuvant accelerated short course radiation therapy with photons and capecitabine for resectable pancreatic cancer. Radiother Oncol. 2014 Jan; 110(1):160-4.
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Schwartzberg LS, Tauer KW, Hermann RC, Makari-Judson G, Isaacs C, Beck JT, Kaklamani V, Stepanski EJ, Rugo HS, Wang W, Bell-McGuinn K, Kirshner JJ, Eisenberg P, Emanuelson R, Keaton M, Levine E, Medgyesy DC, Qamar R, Starr A, Ro SK, Lokker NA, Hudis CA. Sorafenib or placebo with either gemcitabine or capecitabine in patients with HER-2-negative advanced breast cancer that progressed during or after bevacizumab. Clin Cancer Res. 2013 May 15; 19(10):2745-54.
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Peng C, Chen Y, Shan Y, Zhang H, Guo Z, Li D, Li S. LSK derived LSK- cells have a high apoptotic rate related to survival regulation of hematopoietic and leukemic stem cells. PLoS One. 2012; 7(6):e38614.
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Tong CC, Lau KH, Rivera M, Cannan D, Aguirre-Ghiso J, Sikora AG, Gupta V, Forsythe K, Ko EC, Misiukiewicz K, Gurudutt V, Teng MS, Packer SH, Genden EM, Kao J. Prognostic significance of p16 in locoregionally advanced head and neck cancer treated with concurrent 5-fluorouracil, hydroxyurea, cetuximab and intensity-modulated radiation therapy. Oncol Rep. 2012 May; 27(5):1580-6.
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Moore N, Houghton J, Lyle S. Slow-cycling therapy-resistant cancer cells. Stem Cells Dev. 2012 Jul 1; 21(10):1822-30.
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Guikema JE, Gerstein RM, Linehan EK, Cloherty EK, Evan-Browning E, Tsuchimoto D, Nakabeppu Y, Schrader CE. Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 2 is necessary for normal B cell development and recovery of lymphoid progenitors after chemotherapeutic challenge. J Immunol. 2011 Feb 15; 186(4):1943-50.
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Walz JM, Avelar RL, Longtine KJ, Carter KL, Mermel LA, Heard SO. Anti-infective external coating of central venous catheters: a randomized, noninferiority trial comparing 5-fluorouracil with chlorhexidine/silver sulfadiazine in preventing catheter colonization. Crit Care Med. 2010 Nov; 38(11):2095-102.
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Haraguchi N, Ishii H, Mimori K, Tanaka F, Ohkuma M, Kim HM, Akita H, Takiuchi D, Hatano H, Nagano H, Barnard GF, Doki Y, Mori M. CD13 is a therapeutic target in human liver cancer stem cells. J Clin Invest. 2010 Sep; 120(9):3326-39.
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