An antineoplastic antimetabolite that is metabolized to fluorouracil when administered by rapid injection. Floxuridine is available as a sterile, nonpyrogenic, lyophilized powder for reconstitution. When administered by slow, continuous, intra-arterial infusion, it is converted to floxuridine monophosphate. It has been used to treat hepatic metastases of gas...
For palliative management of gastrointestinal adenocarcinoma metastatic to the liver, when given by continuous regional intra-arterial infusion in carefully selected patients who are considered incurable by surgery or other means. Also for the palliative management of liver cancer (usually administered by hepatic intra-arterial infusion).
Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at Aventura, Aventura, Florida, United States
UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at Coral Gables, Coral Gables, Florida, United States
UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at Deerfield Beach, Deerfield Beach, Florida, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (NKI-AVL), Amsterdam, Netherlands
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, Portland, Oregon, United States
Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at Commack, Commack, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at Basking Ridge, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
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