Omitting bolus 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) from combination chemotherapy for gastrointestinal (GI) cancers did not adversely affect survival and was associated with less toxicity, a review of a large ...

Omitting the 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) bolus from multidrug regimens in patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancers reduces toxicities, such as cytopenia, and does not affect overall survival. Initial ...

A chemotherapy pump is a device that dispenses chemotherapy drugs at a slow, controlled rate into the body. Portable versions of these devices can allow a person to receive chemo in the comfort of ...

Australian researchers have unlocked the mystery as to why the chemotherapy drug 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is not effective at treating certain cancers and have claimed a breakthrough in boosting its ...

He knew the cure could be more painful than the disease, but his wife’s condition was worse than he could have imagined. Her first chemotherapy treatment after colon cancer surgery had flattened her.