## Abstract ## BACKGROUND In the current study, the authors report a Phase II trial of irinotecan (CPTβ11), a topoisomerase I inhibitor active against malignant glioma (MG), with celecoxib, a selective COXβ2 inhibitor, among MG patients with recurrent disease. ## METHODS Patients with MG at any
A phase II study of 5-fluorouracil plus folinic acid in malignant gliomas in adults
β Scribed by D. J. Stewart; Simone Dahrouge; Kathy Soltys
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 300 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-594X
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