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ArticleOncology letters2019

5-Fluorouracil-based adjuvant chemotherapy improves the clinical outcomes of patients with lymphovascular invasion of upper urinary tract cancer and low expression of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase.

Takahiro Narimatsu, Tsunehito Kambara, Hideyuki Abe, Toshitaka Uematsu, Yuumi Tokura, Issei Suzuki, Kazumasa Sakamoto, Kouhei Takei, Daisaku Nishihara, Gaku Nakamura and 4 more

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Article in Oncology letters, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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14 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Takahiro NarimatsuDepartment of Urology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Tsunehito KambaraDepartment of Urology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Hideyuki AbeDepartment of Urology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Toshitaka UematsuDepartment of Urology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Yuumi TokuraDepartment of Urology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Issei SuzukiDepartment of Urology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Kazumasa SakamotoDepartment of Urology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Kouhei TakeiDepartment of Urology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Daisaku NishiharaDepartment of Urology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Gaku NakamuraDepartment of Urology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Hidetoshi KokubunDepartment of Urology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Hideo YukiDepartment of Urology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Hironori BetsunohDepartment of Urology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Takao KamaiDepartment of Urology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Dokkyo Medical University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lymphovascular invasion (LVI) by urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract (UC-UUT) is associated with an unfavorable prognosis. However, a high proportion of patients with UC-UUT are unable to receive the recommended doses of cisplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy due to advanced age or renal dysfunction resulting from nephroureterectomy. Tegafur-uracil is an oral form of 5-fluorouracil whose efficacy is influenced by the activities of enzymes associated with its metabolism, such as dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD), orotatephosphoribosyltransferase (OPRT) and thymidylate synthase (TS). The aim of the present study was to investigate the efficacy of adjuvant 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy for UC-UUT with LVI, and to assess the expression of enzymes associated with 5-fluorouracil metabolism as promising biomarkers of therapy efficacy. The present study retrospectively investigated 52 cases of UC-UUT. Following nephroureterectomy, tegafur-uracil was administered to 15 out of 30 patients with LVI who were not eligible for cisplatin-based adjuvant chemotherapy. Levels of

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5-FUDPDtegafur/gimeracil/oteraciltegafur-uracilUC-UUT

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