PMID: 6411003Aug 1, 1983Paper

Study on the correlation between tissue uptake of anticancer agents and prognosis -- with special reference to Tegafur

Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
S ArimaH Shimura

Abstract

Advanced gastric cancer cases (42 cases) undergone gastrectomy were studied on the correlation between tissue uptakes and prognosis. The patients were administrated Tegafur preoperatively and tissue samples were obtained intraoperatively, 5-FU levels in tumor and lymph node were measured by GCMF. The patients, being measured 5-FU uptake by tissue and received Tegafur over 60 g as postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy, were divided into two groups; namely, one with 5-FU up take by tumor tissue and lymph node was higher than 0.05 mcg/g and the other with lower than 0.05 mcg/g. Both groups showed no significant difference in background factors. Each survival rate was calculated by Kaplan-Meier method and examined by generalized Wilcoxon method. As the result, there was no significant correlation in the 5-FU uptake by tumor and prognosis, but prolongation of survival rate in the group of 5-FU uptake by lymph node over 0.05 mcg/g was suggested.

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