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Tegafur/uracil (abbreviation: UFT [1]) is a chemotherapy drug combination used in the treatment of cancer, primarily bowel cancer. UFT is an oral formulation combining uracil (a competitive inhibitor of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase ), and tegafur (a bioavailable 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) prodrug ) in a 4:1 molar ratio.
Tegafur is a chemotherapeutic prodrug of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) used in the treatment of cancers. It is a component of the combination drug tegafur/uracil . When metabolised, it becomes 5-FU.
Fluorouracil has been given systemically for anal, breast, colorectal, oesophageal, stomach, pancreatic and skin cancers (especially head and neck cancers). [12] It has also been given topically (on the skin) for actinic keratoses, skin cancers and Bowen's disease [12] (a type of cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma), and as eye drops for treatment of ocular surface squamous neoplasia. [13]
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Uracil is also involved in the biosynthesis of polysaccharides and the transportation of sugars containing aldehydes. [22] Uracil is important for the detoxification of many carcinogens, for instance those found in tobacco smoke. [23] Uracil is also required to detoxify many drugs such as cannabinoids (THC) [24] and morphine (opioids). [25]
Tegafur/gimeracil/oteracil, sold under the brand name Teysuno among others is a fixed-dose combination medication used for the treatment of advanced gastric cancer when used in combination with cisplatin, [3] and also for the treatment of head and neck cancer, colorectal cancer, non–small-cell lung, breast, pancreatic, and biliary tract cancers.
Uramustine or uracil mustard is a chemotherapy drug which belongs to the class of alkylating agents. [1] It is used in lymphatic malignancies such as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma . It works by damaging DNA , primarily in cancer cells that preferentially take up the uracil due to their need to make nucleic acids during their rapid cycles of cell ...
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