What does FU stand for?

One of these contains 5 fluorouracil which kills the abnormal cells and allows healthy skin to grow back.

By understanding these molecular pathways and mechanisms, we may be able to create new drugs to inhibit the expression of AEG-1 or LSF and even develop combination drug therapies to enhance the effectiveness of 5- fluorouracil," he added.

Cetuximab improves resectability and response rates in colorectal liver metastases The Cetuximab in Neoadjuvant Treatment of Non-Resectable Colorectal Liver Metastases, or CELIM, study compared treatment with cetuximab in addition to each of two standard types of chemotherapy, FOLFIRI (folinic acid, fluorouracil and irinotecan) and FOLFOX6 (folinic acid, fluorouracil and oxaliplatin).

Taxotere, also called docetaxel, now may be used in combination with the chemotherapy drugs cisplatin and fluorouracil before radiation therapy for the treatment of patients with inoperable, locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, the Food and Drug Administration said.

They noted that the chemo combination used -- epirubicin, cisplatin and fluorouracil -- was developed in the 1980s and that newer chemo drugs are now available.

Researchers compared the effect of docetaxel, which is marketed as Taxotere, with the drug fluorouracil.

Twenty percent of the patients had follow-up cytology only, 19% were treated with 5 fluorouracil (5-FU), 48% were treated with [CO.

The company is also developing MPI 5020, a locally injected gel containing the anticancer agent fluorouracil, which is in a Phase I/II trial in recurrent and metastatic breast cancer.