The dihydrouracil/uracil ratio in plasma, clinical and genetic analysis for screening of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency in colorectal cancer patients treated with 5-fluorouracil

The prognostic significance of thymidyla

The prognostic significance of thymidylate synthase and dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase in colorectal cancer of 303 patients adjuvantly treated with 5-fluorouracil

✍ Søren Astrup Jensen; Ben Vainer; Jens Benn Sørensen 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 French ⚖ 350 KB

## Abstract Cytotoxic effect of 5‐fluorouracil 5‐FU is mediated through inhibition of thymidylate synthase (TS), and 5‐FU is catabolised by dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD). Efficacy of 5‐FU may therefore depend on the TS and DPD activity of colorectal cancer. Archival tumour specimens from 30