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 gastrointestinal adenocarcinomas and for palliation in malignant neoplasms of the liver and gastrointestinal tract.
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).
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth, Middletown, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack, Commack, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack, Commack, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
Memoral Sloan Kettering Westchester, Harrison, New York, United States
Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center China, Shanghai, Shanghai, 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
Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack, Commack, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester, Harrison, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau, Uniondale, New York, United States
Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Bellevue Hospital, New York, New York, United States
NYU Tisch Hospital, New York, New York, United States
NYU Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
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