SEQTOR trial shows comparable PFS for STZ/5-FU followed by everolimus and the reverse sequence in advanced pancreatic NETs.

Study reveals the drug, 5-fluorouracil, acts differently in different types of cancer — a finding that could help researchers design better drug combinations. Since the 1950s, a chemotherapy drug ...

Since the 1950s, a chemotherapy drug known as 5-fluorouracil has been used to treat many types of cancer, including blood cancers and cancers of the digestive tract. Doctors have long believed that ...

Doctors have long believed the cancer drug 5-fluorouracil works by damaging the building blocks of DNA, but researchers have now found that in certain cancers, it kills cells by interfering with RNA ...