| Literature DB >> 9528843 |
C H Köhne1, P Thuss-Patience, M Friedrich, P T Daniel, A Kretzschmar, T Benter, B Bauer, R Dietz, B Dörken.
Abstract
Two patients with proven 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-associated cardiotoxicity were treated with the specific thymidylate synthase inhibitor raltitrexed safely, without evidence of cardiotoxicity. Raltitrexed might be an alternative for patients with advanced colorectal cancer and 5-FU-associated cardiotoxicity. 5-FU cardiotoxicity is not due to the antineoplastic mechanisms via thymidilate synthase.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9528843 PMCID: PMC2150099 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.160
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Cancer ISSN: 0007-0920 Impact factor: 7.640