"Floxuridine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An antineoplastic antimetabolite that is metabolized to fluorouracil when administered by rapid injection; when administered by slow, continuous, intra-arterial infusion, it is converted to floxuridine monophosphate. It has been used to treat hepatic metastases of gastrointestinal adenocarcinomas and for palliation in malignant neoplasms of the liver and gastrointestinal tract.
| Descriptor ID |
D005467
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.742.680.852.300.350 D13.570.230.430.432 D13.570.685.852.300.350
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| Concept/Terms |
Floxuridine- Floxuridine
- 5-FUdR
- FUdR
- Fluorodeoxyuridine
- 5-Fluorodeoxyuridine
- 5 Fluorodeoxyuridine
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Floxuridine" by people in Profiles.
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Population pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling of capecitabine and its metabolites in breast cancer patients. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2021 02; 87(2):229-239.
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Implementation and early outcomes for a surgeon-directed hepatic arterial infusion pump program for colorectal liver metastases. J Surg Oncol. 2018 Dec; 118(7):1065-1073.
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Two amino acid changes at the N-terminus of transmissible gastroenteritis coronavirus spike protein result in the loss of enteric tropism. Virology. 1997 Jan 20; 227(2):378-88.
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OBSERVATIONS ON THE GROWTH OF MOUSE HEPATITIS VIRUS (MHV-3) IN MOUSE MACROPHAGES. Virology. 1965 Jan; 25:30-7.