THE ROLE OF UFT IN THE TREATMENT OF LOCALLY ADVANCED AND METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER

Enas Noshy Mohamed;

Abstract


The current study was carried in Kasr El-Eini center of oncology and nuclear medicine from the period between. April 2001 and January
2002. Fourteen patients with established diagnosis of metastatic or locally and advanced colorectal cancer received UFT 300mg/m2/day +Ca leucovorin 90 mg/day divided on 3 doses. Twenty one percent of patients had partial response, 21, 5% had stable disease and 57% had disease progression with no complete response. Only 1 case had grade III haematologiocal toxicity and I case had grade III. Gastrointestinal toxicity otherwise there was no grade III or IV toxic ty. In conclusion
UFT provided similar efficacy as 5 FU continuous infusion with better toxicity profile.


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Title THE ROLE OF UFT IN THE TREATMENT OF LOCALLY ADVANCED AND METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER
Other Titles دور عقار ال UFT فى علاج سرطان القولون والمستقيم فى المراحل المتقدمة والمنتشرة بالجسم
Authors Enas Noshy Mohamed
Issue Date 2003

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