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 ...
June 17, 2009 (Orlando, Florida) — There is now an antidote for clinicians to use in the event of an overdose of the commonly used chemotherapy 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), according to a poster ...
“The patient’s symptoms resolved after permanently stopping 5-FU and administering lactulose and intravenous fluids, therefore supporting the diagnosis of hyperammonemic encephalopathy due to 5-FU.” ...