Dose reduction without loss of efficacy for 5-fluorouracil and cisplatin combined with folinic acid. In vitro study on human head and neck carcinoma cell lines.

Folinic acid (FA) and cisplatin (CDDP) both potentiate the cytotoxicity of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). The activity of various drug combinations including 5-FU, CDDP and FA was tested on two human cell lines derived from squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck. Cytotoxicity was assessed by the semi...

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Main Authors: Etienne, M. C., Bernard, S., Fischel, J. L., Formento, P., Gioanni, J., Santini, J., Demard, F., Schneider, M., Milano, G.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 1991
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1971844/