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Tegafur/uracil (abbreviation: UFT [1]) is a chemotherapy drug combination used in the treatment of cancer, primarily bowel cancer.. UFT is an oral formulation combining uracil (a competitive inhibitor of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase), and tegafur (a bioavailable 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) prodrug) in a 4:1 molar ratio.
D06399. Tegafur/gimeracil/oteracil, sold under the brand name Teysuno among others is a fixed-dose combination medication used for the treatment of advanced gastric cancer when used in combination with cisplatin, [ 3] and also for the treatment of head and neck cancer, colorectal cancer, non–small-cell lung, breast, pancreatic, and biliary ...
The fixed-dose combination of pertuzumab, trastuzumab, and hyaluronidase was approved for medical use in the United States in June 2020. [5] [10]The FDA's approval was based on the results of a non-inferiority study in participants with HER2-positive early breast cancer, which demonstrated the fixed-dose combination of pertuzumab, trastuzumab, and hyaluronidase had comparable efficacy and ...
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Fluorouracil. Fluorouracil ( 5-FU, 5-fluorouracil ), sold under the brand name Adrucil among others, is a cytotoxic chemotherapy medication used to treat cancer. [ 3] By intravenous injection it is used for treatment of colorectal cancer, oesophageal cancer, stomach cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, and cervical cancer. [ 3]
August 8, 2024 at 4:46 AM. Endometrial cancer patients see new hope as FDA approves 'transforming' immunotherapy drug. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug for ...
Nintedanib, sold under the brand names Ofev and Vargatef, is an oral medication used for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and along with other medications for some types of non-small-cell lung cancer. [5] In March 2020, it was approved for use in the United States to treat chronic fibrosing (scarring) interstitial lung diseases ...
The International Classification of Diseases for Oncology ( ICD-O) is a domain-specific extension of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems for tumor diseases. This classification is widely used by cancer registries . It is currently in its third revision (ICD-O-3).