ctSearch Results
Original Query
What is cancer ethynyluracil?
Search Results
- cancer ethynyluracil
Cancer is a term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues. Cancer cells can also spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems. There are several main types of cancer. Carcinoma is a cancer that begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover internal organs. Sarcoma is a cancer that begins in bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue. Leukemia is a cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of abnormal blood cells to be produced and enter the blood. Lymphoma and multiple myeloma are cancers that begin in the cells of the immune system. Central nervous system cancers are cancers that begin in the tissues of the brain and spinal cord. Also called malignancy. Ethynyluracil is an anticancer drug that increases the effectiveness of fluorouracil. Also called eniluracil.
Preview- It might seem to be apparant that, assess the confirmed response rate to fluorouracil (5-FU) plus ethynyluracil (776C85) in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer that has been demonstrated to be resistant to 5-FU. Metastatic, having to do with metastasis, which is the spread of cancer from the primary site (place where it started) to other places in the body. Response rate is the percentage of patients whose cancer shrinks or disappears after treatment. Response is in medicine, an improvement related to treatment. Fluorouracil is a drug used to treat cancers of the breast, stomach, and pancreas, and certain types of colorectal and head and neck cancers. It is also used in a cream to treat basal cell skin cancer and actinic keratosis (a skin condition that may become cancer). It is being studied in the treatment of other conditions and types of cancer. Fluorouracil stops cells from making DNA and it may kill cancer cells. It is a type of antimetabolite. Also called 5-fluorouracil, 5-FU, Adrucil, Efudex, and Fluoroplex. Colorectal cancer, cancer that develops in the colon (the longest part of the large intestine) and/or the rectum (the last several inches of the large intestine before the anus). Colorectal, having to do with the colon or the rectum. 5-FU is a drug used to treat cancers of the breast, stomach, and pancreas, and certain types of colorectal and head and neck cancers. It is also used in a cream to treat basal cell skin cancer and actinic keratosis (a skin condition that may become cancer). It is being studied in the treatment of other conditions and types of cancer. 5-FU stops cells from making DNA and it may kill cancer cells. It is a type of antimetabolite. Also called 5-fluorouracil, Adrucil, Efudex, Fluoroplex, and fluorouracil.
- It looks that, histologically or cytologically proven metastatic colorectal cancer
- It`s possible to presume that, PURPOSE Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of fluorouracil plus ethynyluracil in treating patients with advanced colorectal cancer that has not responded to fluorouracil. Phase II trial is a study to test whether a new treatment has an anticancer effect (for example, whether it shrinks a tumor or improves blood test results) and whether it works against a certain type of cancer.
NEW: Try our Cancer Expert Fact Search, and get direct access to our Knowledge Base (KB).
Disclaimer: On occasion, search results will contain fragmented, and erroneous (misspelled, incorrect grammar and malformatted) text. It is not possible, for our Bots to automatically correct these, afterall they represent the corpus created by individuals and/or other Bots and who have placed it on the Internet. Keep in mind, Cancer Expert Search is a search engine, and we are required to return search results as closely resembling their original format, when they were discovered by our Bots (including all errors).
