Fluorouracil (5FU) is a type of chemotherapy used to help treat several types of cancer. Side effects may include dizziness, nausea, and low blood count, among others. Cancer is a disease where cells ...

Topical application of the chemotherapy medication fluorouracil appears to reduce potentially precancerous skin patches and improve the appearance of sun-damaged skin, according to a report in the ...

To test whether topical fluorouracil could reduce the number of KCs requiring surgical treatment over a 4-year period, Weinstock and colleagues [8] enrolled 932 Veterans Affairs patients (98% men; 99% ...

5-Fluorouracil 4% cream achieved total clearance in 54.5% and partial clearance in 24.2% of hyperkeratotic actinic keratosis (AK) lesions at 3 months, demonstrating a good safety profile with high ...

Phase 2 studies suggest that the standard regimen of cisplatin and fluorouracil (PF) plus docetaxel (TPF) improves outcomes in squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck. We compared TPF with PF as ...

Fluorouracil is not recommended for use in patients known to have certain homozygous or compound heterozygous DPYD variants that result in complete DPD deficiency. The Food and Drug Administration ...