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View Post: The role of floxuridine in metastatic liver disease — Mol Cancer Ther
13 May 2009 by Power, DG, Kemeny, NE  
The role of floxuridine in metastatic liver disease. Derek G. Power and; Nancy E. Kemeny. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. Requests for reprints: Nancy E. Kemeny, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, ...
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View Post: Floxuridine (Floxuridine) Drug Information: Uses, Side Effects ...
12 Nov 2008
It is recommended that floxuridine be given only by or under the supervision of a qualified physician who is experienced in cancer chemotherapy and intra-arterial drug therapy and is well versed in the use of potent antimetabolites. ...
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View Post: Complaints and Therapy of Pancreatic cancer
11 Nov 2009 by Arnel  
For this type of therapy, the cytotoxic Fluorodeoxyuridine (FUDR, Floxuridine) is preferably used. About 90 percent of this substance be chemically altered in the liver and thus inactivated. This process is called "first-pass effect or ...
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View Post: Phase I trial of adjuvant hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) with ...
19 Jun 2009 by Kemeny, N., Capanu, M., D'Angelica, M.,...  
Phase I trial of adjuvant hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) with floxuridine (FUDR) and dexamethasone plus systemic oxaliplatin, 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin in patients with resected liver metastases from colorectal cancer ...
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View Post: floxuridine
2 Dec 2008 by NMCC Admin  
Floxuridine is FDA approved for the treatment of colon or stomach cancer that has spread to the liver. It is important for patients to remember that physicians have the ability to prescribe medication for conditions other than those for ...
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View Post: Bortezomib
26 Oct 2009 by oemoem  
After promising preclinical results, the drug (PS-341) was tested in a small Phase I clinical trial on patients with multiple myeloma cancer. ProScript ran out of money and was bought by Leukosite in May 1999. ...
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View Post: floxuridine, floxuridine - injection brand drug
11 Mar 2009 by kenkmabc1985  
floxuridine - injection. (flox-your-eh-deen). common brand name(s): fudr. uses: this medication is used to treat certian types of cancer. how to use: this medication is given by injection into an artery using a continuous infusino pump. ...
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View Post: hepatic arterial infusion with floxuridine and dexamethasone in ...
9 Jun 2008
conditions: colon cancer; rectal cancer interventions: drug: floxuridine, oxaliplatin, cpt-11; drug: floxuridine, oxaliplatin, cpt-11. sponsors: memorial sloan-kettering cancer center; university of medicine and dentistry new jersey; ...
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View Post: Intra-arterial floxuridine vs systemic fluorouracil for hepatic ...
11 May 2009 by Martin JK, O'Connell MJ, Wieand HS, Fitzgibbons...  
Based on these data, we cannot recommend treatment with intra-arterial floxuridine as given in this study for metastatic colorectal cancer to the liver. PMID: 2143063 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] ...
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View Post: Celator Pharmaceuticals Presents New Data on CPX-351 And CPX-1 at ...
22 Apr 2009
CPX-1, a liposome formulation containing a synergistic 1:1 molar ratio of irinotecan and floxuridine, exhibits increased efficacy in combination with either bevacizumab (BEV) or cetuximab (CET) in human colorectal cancer (CRC) solid ...
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