## BACKGROUND. Protracted oral administration of tegafur (TG) and leucovorin (LV) attempts to simulate the continuous infusion of 5-fluorouracil, with a higher intracellular folate pool. In a prior dose-finding study with a fixed TG dose of 0.75 g/m 2 /day for a period of 21 days and continuous or
Protracted treatment with tegafur and low dose oral leucovorin in patients with advanced colorectal carcinoma
β Scribed by Alvaro S. Rubiales; M. Luisa del Valle
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 59 KB
- Volume
- 85
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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