| Literature DB >> 830420 |
J R Bertino, W L Sawicki, C A Lindquist, V S Gupta.
Abstract
The antitumor effects of methotrexate with 5-fluorouracil against the Sarcoma 180 mouse tumor model were found to be schedule dependent. Pretreatment of tumor-bearing animals with methotrexate significantly enhanced the antitumor activity of the combination relative to simultaneous treatment or to those with methotrexate following 5-fluorouracil. These studies indirectly support the hypothesis that methotrexate pretreatment with 5-fluorouracil is synergistic by increasing the amount of thymidylate synthetase bound to the active metabolite of 5-fluorouracil.Entities:
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Year: 1977 PMID: 830420
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Res ISSN: 0008-5472 Impact factor: 12.701